Example sentences of "be what [pers pn] have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | These are what I 've got on the disks you see . |
2 | As one young manager put it : ‘ The only things I know about the army are what I have seen on television ! ’ |
3 | Despite what had happened between them , because it had been what she had wanted at the time and because Rune had been a generous and not over-demanding lover , and because she loved him , her own sense of self-esteem had remained whole . |
4 | oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done |
5 | England did n't stipulate ‘ remote ’ — but that 's what they 've got in Santander on the breezy northern coast that 's home to golfing star Seve Ballesteros . |
6 | Well that 's what they 'd said to Melody Maker . |
7 | Yeah that 's what they 'd said to Melody Maker . |
8 | But it 's what we 've done in the past . |
9 | ‘ That 's what we 've liked about them , ’ she says . |
10 | Look , that 's wha , what th that 's what we 've got in our I mean |
11 | That 's what it had said on the door . |
12 | It 's sales driven , O K , we 're not going to say that nobody else is important , we need all the other members of the , the company , but it is sales driven , O K , it 's what it 's made of . |
13 | I asked the under-foreman what I 'd done to deserve this , he says You 're not on your own , there 's er a quarter to go this week and good many next , so that 's what it 's come to . |
14 | But that 's what it has come to . |
15 | Which is a good thing because that 's what he 's done in our lives . |
16 | That 's what he 's done in the life of the human race . |
17 | Groa said , ‘ If that 's what he 's gone to Kinrimund for , then I wish I 'd known . |
18 | It 's what he 's got against Mrs Gotobed , when you come down to it . |
19 | Yeah , presumably it 's what she 's used to , she 's used to floppy . |
20 | It 's what she 's used to . |
21 | That 's what I 've done with Dave 's dad . |
22 | You ca n't stop that , I mean that 's what I 've said to the Press , you do n't want him to go abroad because I think everybody 's going to miss that , because there are are n't too many that can do things like he does . |
23 | They said a , a normal person living on their own is only entitled to thirty nine pound sixty a week and that 's what I 've got in that book , but I do n't think they realise that I I 'm on me own and I 've got a gas , electricity and everything else to pay out of that |
24 | ‘ That 's what I 've come to London for . |
25 | ‘ I wo n't ask you why you 've decided to consult another , but here 's what I 've deciphered about your birth chart . ’ |
26 | Liberty Hall , that 's what you 've made of my home ! |
27 | Now on the management charge which is what I want to ask you about , cos that 's what you 've said in the brochure , on the management charge , did you deliberately set the management charge too low to hook the punters ? |
28 | Certainly modern usage would suggest the name going before the mountains would n't it , and that 's what you 've opted for , and the the July one , I really do n't know about . |
29 | Well , that 's what you 've got to be careful of . |
30 | That 's what you 've come for most of you you see . |