Example sentences of "what [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and what about Is it balanced as far as the Cs go ? |
| 2 | What about is it then ? |
| 3 | So what about are beavers , |
| 4 | And what about Was there safter safer ways for testing for gas ? |
| 5 | KIWI referee David Bishop has had an exciting year , what with being ‘ congratulated ’ in the Parc des Princes tunnel by Daniel Dubroca and then being asked whether he minded being wired for sound to the whole stadium for the Springbok-Wallaby clash at Newlands . |
| 6 | I mean I could n't have , what with being sick and everything , but still I would have liked to tell everyone that I was pregnant . |
| 7 | That was , what with being dropped |
| 8 | Question directly relating to that point though is it not true that the Eastern Arts withdrawal of the ten thousand pound grant last year was directly related to criticisms made in both in the nineteen eighty six appraisal and subsequently and repeated both to The Star recently what with was that the marketing of the playhouse was drastically inadequate . |
| 9 | I do not what to be striking my hook away rim the fish before it has even reached its lips . |
| 10 | Moira never knows what to be at . |
| 11 | Some folk just do n't know what to be at . |
| 12 | While anger may stimulate the courage to do something , it may at the same time cloud the perception of what to be courageous about . |
| 13 | Towards the end of his reign , in the ordinance of the forest of 1306 , the king speaks of being confronted ‘ with the inspection of human weakness ’ and the wide burdens that fell upon him , he being ‘ inwardly tormented with divers compunctions , tossed about by the waves of divers thoughts ’ , and being ‘ frequently troubled , passing sleepless nights , … hesitating in our inmost soul upon what ought to be done , what to be held , or what to be presented ’ ; ‘ about this chiefly is our mind busied without intermission , that we may prepare the pleasantness of ease and quiet for our subjects dwelling in our realm , in whose quiet we have some rest , and in their tranquillity we are inwardly cherished with odours of satisfaction and the flowers of hoped-for peace . ’ |
| 14 | Towards the end of his reign , in the ordinance of the forest of 1306 , the king speaks of being confronted ‘ with the inspection of human weakness ’ and the wide burdens that fell upon him , he being ‘ inwardly tormented with divers compunctions , tossed about by the waves of divers thoughts ’ , and being ‘ frequently troubled , passing sleepless nights , … hesitating in our inmost soul upon what ought to be done , what to be held , or what to be presented ’ ; ‘ about this chiefly is our mind busied without intermission , that we may prepare the pleasantness of ease and quiet for our subjects dwelling in our realm , in whose quiet we have some rest , and in their tranquillity we are inwardly cherished with odours of satisfaction and the flowers of hoped-for peace . ’ |
| 15 | Erm we asked the question about the aircraft 's reduced operational capabilities as far as Britain is concerned , we were told that there was no reduction , erm there was no percentage figure that could be produced but w now what about the other countries , I mean , which countries are asking for what to be omitted and by how much is the percentage , in percentage terms er is the performance of the aircraft reduced in those cases and further on from that , picking up something that that Wing Com er Group Captain Granville White has just mentioned which i is the question of sales . |
| 16 | The horse is not sure of what to be more nervous , the object or his rider . |