Example sentences of "[be] [Wh adv] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And those beetles of yours — the ones that could n't get home because the sheet was moving almost as fast as they could walk — that must be how it is for light moving through our space . |
| 2 | They said , ‘ this is how we were in the past ’ , and they made their image out of historical facts . |
| 3 | The question is how they are to be interpreted , in order to produce a political formula that will be acceptable to the two communities — and will work . |
| 4 | This is how they were in the first few games of the season . |
| 5 | It is hard to believe that any business whose life blood is communications could lag behind in using modern information technology , but that is how it is with British public relations . |
| 6 | I see , she thought , he is to be the one who is rejected ; that is how it is to be . |
| 7 | This is how it was for Regina who from 1942 , when she was eighteen , suffered numerous breakdowns . |
| 8 | ‘ Which is how it was with my husband and me . |
| 9 | That is how it was in East Africa , after all . |
| 10 | ‘ If that 's how it 's to be , then that 's that , ’ he said and turning away , climbed the ladder into what was still his room . |
| 11 | If that 's how it is to be here the BBC might as well change its motto to ’ Anything for a quiet life ’ . |
| 12 | That 's how it is between flat mates . |
| 13 | That 's how it is between Geraldine and me . |
| 14 | Well that 's how it is at the minute in n it ? |
| 15 | There was no emotion in my voice , that 's how it is with people who 've been abused , you talk about it as if you 're just calmly stating a fact . |
| 16 | That 's how it is in prison . |
| 17 | Cos that 's how it is in the book is n't it ? |
| 18 | That 's how it was with her husband , Derrick . |
| 19 | That 's how it was with me and badgers then . |
| 20 | That 's how it was with me and I know it was true for many others . |
| 21 | That 's how it was with Elise . |
| 22 | That 's how it was in them days . |
| 23 | And that 's how it was in earlier days . |
| 24 | That 's how he was in the first place though . |
| 25 | Primarily though it 's how you are in yourself at the time which determines whether you are going to get up the mountain and get back down . |
| 26 | That 's how I were on Monday when I were full of cold , I went to bed in end , cos it were warmer . |
| 27 | ‘ But that 's when we 're at our best and show our character , ’ Graham said . |
| 28 | That 's when we were into er leather and cardigans and pink jumpers and stuff . |
| 29 | " You remember , he 's the one I had to call his number to get you , that 's when we were in Frankfurt . |
| 30 | It 's when one is on the lead I think the other 's feel the disadvantage , |