Example sentences of "[pron] be what " in BNC.

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1 The mass audiences and the technology for reaching them are what give the press and electronic media their character as mass media .
2 The relations between them are what matter .
3 I mean some , some of them are what , what I would deem as fairly easy , I mean I find history easy , but not everyone does
4 I am what I am .
5 … This ‘ me ’ , that is to say , the soul by which I am what I am , is entirely distinct from body … and even if the body were not , the soul would not cease to be what it is . ’
6 And I am what I am by the grace of God .
7 I am what I am , and that is fine .
8 For the believer who understands this , ‘ By God 's grace I am what I am ’ is never pious rhetoric : ‘ There but for the grace of God go I ’ is as realistic a statement as any we ever make .
9 17 I am what I read
10 I am what the English would call ‘ on the shelf ’ : eccentric in their eyes .
11 I am what is commonly known as a loner .
12 That I am what I am .
13 I am what I am …
14 I am what I am .
15 I am what I am , and I would n't want to change my identity — nobody does when it comes down to it . ’
16 I am what I am and I represent the Queen through the Lieutenancy
17 And Chesterton says , I am what is wrong , not with the whole wide world , but I am what is wrong with my world .
18 And Chesterton says , I am what is wrong , not with the whole wide world , but I am what is wrong with my world .
19 And I 'm not a clever lass , I 'm what you would call a b … fool . ’
20 I 'm what ? ’ asked Tom .
21 I 'm what they laughingly call mobile , but carrying a suitcase , as well as all my camera junk , is a little beyond me as yet . ’
22 I 'm what you call a Axminster handler
23 I 'm probably a bad example , I 'm what you 're wanting to find out .
24 I 'm what ? ’
25 ‘ Here in Paris I 'm what they call a touche-à-tout ( Jack of all trades ) in literature , architecture and graphic design .
26 I 'm what ? ’
27 Yes I do find that there 's a general thread , an an an and and one would expect that , what I 'm what I 'm guarding against is taking too much notice of precise quotes from from from P P G thirteen .
28 It 's the same old thing I 'm , I 'm what , I 'm called a coordinator , it 's all good saying we 're gon na put a mezzanine floor in one of those , you 've got to line the building out .
29 No no no what what Can I can I just say well I 'm What what the treasurer of an event like this needs to do is to note down the source of the cash he receives , to note where it 's coming from different products , how much is being received from that
30 You see I 'm what 's called a district manager .
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