Example sentences of "[be] [conj] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the night I wo n't know who I am or what I do any more . |
| 2 | Erm , one of the things that depresses me , is probably the main thing that depresses me is not being valued for what I am or what I do and I think many women suffer from depression because their strengths and their creativity are not recognised and valued . |
| 3 | ‘ I really do n't know who I am or what I 'm doing here , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Elaine , a 16-year-old girl who has spent most of her life on the streets of Rio de Janeiro , in Brazil , puts it better : ‘ I dream of a better world , a world where children and adults are no longer abandoned , tortured and murdered because of who we are or what we do … |
| 5 | Regardless of who we are or what we may do in life all of us have an upper limit to the stress that our bodies can take . |
| 6 | No , you do n't put in who they are or what they are , you just say , where it come , originates from and erm what their job was . |
| 7 | Two of us in a great mass of strangers , and various things to do that you 've got to get right , like follow signs and collect your luggage ; then you get looked over by the customs , and no-one particularly cares who you are or what you 're doing there so the two of you have to keep one another cheerful … |
| 8 | Cos it does n't matter who you are or what you are , reverse the roles , everybody makes mistakes when you 're driving . |
| 9 | ‘ You appear to know who I am , but you still have n't told me who you are or what you want with me . ’ |
| 10 | No matter what you are or what you 've done , I ca n't wait to feel myself moving inside you , burn up in your flame . ’ |
| 11 | Such is the informality of this unique little island that it matters not who you are or what you have . |
| 12 | She did not question who it had been or what he was looking for . |
| 13 | I did n't get difficult when I drank but I often could n't remember where I 'd been or what I 'd done or even how I 'd got back home . |
| 14 | You 've never asked me , not once , how anything has gone , or where I 've been or whom I 've seen . " |
| 15 | Perhaps the most moving sentence in the whole book comes in the last chapter as he takes his leave of his reader : ‘ For it is not what you are nor what you have been that God regards with his most merciful eyes , but what you would like to be . ’ |
| 16 | The advantages of studying at home are that you yourself can choose where , when and how to study . |
| 17 | Which in some senses , defining it crudely , is that it matters more what you are than what you do . |
| 18 | It er it , we , certainly the expansion of Tadcaster has been looked at quite thoroughly , though not only by the local authorities , but by the private sector , and the , and I think the the agreement has been that it it is not possible at the scale which is required to meet the needs of Greater York . |
| 19 | Now everyone is looking at me — they know who I am and what I am capable of . |
| 20 | It 's such a bore the way she always wants to know where I am and what I 'm doing . ’ |
| 21 | What I am and what I 'm not , and why . |
| 22 | You can not forget who I am and what I was . |
| 23 | ‘ Who I am and what I do does not concern you . |
| 24 | It depends where I am and what I 'm doing . |
| 25 | Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do . |
| 26 | Did we talk about where we 'd been and what we 'd done , what we 'd seen and what had happened ? |
| 27 | Although you always came to me brimming with news of where you had been and what you had done , I do not think you told me everything . |
| 28 | But there is also envy and fear of where you have been and what you have done . ’ |
| 29 | When I got home I told everybody where I 'd been and what I 'd done : my 63-year-old father , my three sisters , my nephews , my friends , the men and women in my local pub and my colleagues at the bank . |
| 30 | I want to know where she 's been and what she 's been doing . ’ |