Example sentences of "is [Wh det] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is what I am telling 'er always , ’ Madame sighed . |
| 2 | That is what I am escaping from , that is the alternative . |
| 3 | ‘ That is what I am tempted to suggest , ’ Miss Honey said cautiously . |
| 4 | This is what I am doing : — |
| 5 | Charlie , who did n't have a girlfriend at the time , hit back : ‘ I am an actor and doing scenes like that is what I am paid to do . |
| 6 | However , that is what I am paid for as a full- time member of staff . |
| 7 | That is what I am concentrating on now , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . ’ |
| 9 | She explains : ‘ There is n't really much time to rest or socialise , I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . |
| 10 | The CTP is susceptible of a materialist interpretation and this , in its neurophysiological version , is what I am going to focus on . |
| 11 | That is what I am going to do , Comrade Commandant . |
| 12 | And this is what I am going to try and do on this course . |
| 13 | Syntactic behaviour and contrastiveness aside , it is tempting to interpret a Chinese-style topic in the same way as theme , that is , as meaning something like ‘ This is my starting point ; this is what I am talking about . ’ |
| 14 | They were not expecting anything is what I 'm trying to say . |
| 15 | You should just you this is what I 'm trying to tell |
| 16 | this is what I 'm trying to tell everybody at school , you should n't be thinking oh , how 's it gon na effect me , what I 'll do if |
| 17 | And this is what I 'm thinking of doing , so do n't laugh at me , because I 'm thinking of doing it . |
| 18 | Well , well , this this is what I 'm getting at , Mr Chairman , Mr Chairman . |
| 19 | This is what I 'm getting all the time yeah . |
| 20 | up that wee bit there , and I think this is what I 'm seeing , |
| 21 | Well this is what I 'm asking , I mean do you want one sent over Arnold ? |
| 22 | This is what I 'm used to — carrying gentlemen 's bags up , turning on the lights and the air-conditioner , taking a look round to make sure everything 's just so . |
| 23 | I 've just been told to move you , which is what I 'm doing . |
| 24 | But , what you can do at is the teaching certificate with the degree which is what I 'm doing . |
| 25 | She had her reasons , is what I 'm saying . |
| 26 | See th this is what I 'm saying , you 'd done all them hours and then you was at it again on the weekend . |
| 27 | This this is what I 'm saying last time that if you 'll work through it , understand it , Oh yeah I can do that , |
| 28 | That 's right , this is what I 'm saying . |
| 29 | Well this is what I 'm saying Ton you and I have been saying it during the game that that the other players ca n't score goals it 's as simple as that . |
| 30 | If it was a ball , is what I 'm saying , ’ said Masklin . |