Example sentences of "[be] what [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're What do you think they 're doing all this firing on us right now . |
| 2 | That 's what we mean , that 's why we 're What do you say , to consider for the to pick up many details . |
| 3 | Now the idea behind that is that it builds up and keeps in trim the muscles of the feet and ankles and legs , which is going to be what gets you about because you realize your retirement is going to be as good as your legs . |
| 4 | Right then what 's it gon na be what do you predict for my future , |
| 5 | Oh it should n't be what do you say ? |
| 6 | The to infinitive after and then , on the other hand , creates the impression of a delayed reaction ; it suggests that it took a moment 's reflection for the person to realize the import of what he had seen , this realization being what triggered his sudden cry . |
| 7 | The revenues it generated — well over £2 million — were what enabled him to bid for the factory at Earby , only a couple of miles over the hill from Barnoldswick . |
| 8 | But those two things together were what enabled them to get their plan room into what it is now . |
| 9 | I was longing to get back to it , or perhaps its associations with Toby were what lent it this sudden magnetism . " |
| 10 | Perhaps the differences between the men were what caused their plans to eventually fall apart , but I think it was a combination of Cassius 's selfishness , Brutus 's nobility , and extremely bad luck which finally finished off the conspirators . |
| 11 | Bananas were what delighted them most . |
| 12 | If lager and lying about , boutiques and boozing , sun and seduction are what turn you on , forget the north . |
| 13 | And what happens in actual human situations which are what get me , and I 'm going to give you three and I guarantee their genuineness you will doubt them all I have not the least fear but I guarantee you their genuineness , they come from the records of Age Concern Scotland of which I am the president . |
| 14 | Deals are what drives him . |
| 15 | Not ‘ you are what you eat ’ but ‘ you are what you speak ’ or , rather ‘ you are what speaks you ’ , is the axiomatic basis of Robyn 's philosophy , which she would call , if required to give it a name , ‘ semiotic materialism ’ . |
| 16 | It 's not the easiest of places , but business works there , and business is money , and money is wages , and wages are what keeps my work-force happy . |
| 17 | Claudia had concluded that the rituals of life have a social significance : they are what makes us human . |
| 18 | Now the consequences of leaving it , are what makes you decide whether it 's something that 's important , and therefore you 've got to do something about it . |
| 19 | We are What do we want , just press play ? |
| 20 | It must be possible to trace these characteristics back to individual properties , and say with confidence that these are what explain them . |
| 21 | Absolutely not , I think there 's a strong sense in the Party that moving forward with our traditional values , that what we have to do is to apply those traditional values to a very changed world , things are very different now from when the Labour Party was formed , or even from when the Labour Party was last in government , so that we keep our sense of values , they are what grounds us , but what makes us an effective government in the future is the fact that we are moving forward with the times , and the increasing representation of women is one of the things which is about moving us forward , and moving with the times . |
| 22 | The kids are what did you say ? |
| 23 | If that was it would have been what do they call it ? |
| 24 | None the less , his fall from favour and loss of revenue farms and offices under the restored Commonwealth of 1659 may have been what stood him in best stead in the following year , rather than secret payments to the Royalist cause before May 1660 , for which there is no evidence beyond inference . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's what bugs me about the experience . |
| 26 | Old dad and that 's what drove my mother mad . |
| 27 | If that 's what turns you on that 's fine by me , but please leave me out of them . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's what worried him . ’ |
| 29 | But he added that did n't mean it might not affect others and that 's what worried him . |
| 30 | That 's what strikes me now . |