Example sentences of "[noun sg] be what i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The dead man was n't a burglar is what I 'm saying . |
| 2 | But the point is what I 'm saying is if we could get that stuff there on Friday afternoon and get the the conveyor set to where you want 'em , because I do n't know what leads you want the lorry got there on Monday morning , wants unloading , and we 're flying about for damn leads , we we 're gon na be in trouble . |
| 3 | Absolute total recall — it was Portia 's famous ‘ The quality of mercy is not strained ’ from The Merchant of Venice — and mercy was what I was asking for , literally , at that moment . |
| 4 | Timing was what I was talking about . |
| 5 | Leucanthemella serotina is what I was brought up to call Chrysanthemum ulginosum , the so-called moon daisy of Hungary , where it is often found growing in damp places . |