Example sentences of "what [pers pn] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Knowing what I 'd been through ? |
| 2 | Well , what I thought was with this one world week thing at least people that , who go might be more receptive to what we have to say to show and sell . |
| 3 | did n't mean that , what I meant was on this er exercise were , was it written down for instance that erm P C has Smith er Smith and Weston number thirty two ? |
| 4 | ‘ What I want is for us to talk long and hard , and now , ’ she declared , and , swivelling on her heel , she marched back into the house . |
| 5 | ‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’ |
| 6 | They occur more commonly , and surgery is more frequently practised upon them ; but what I say is of equal relevance to female-to-male transsexuals . |
| 7 | What I intended is of no interest ; what is interesting is the effect the work has on the spectator , on the public who will decide if the work is important enough to survive . |
| 8 | I said do n't hold your breath Elaine but if it 's what I think 's in that carrier bag over there it ai n't a voucher , cos they all were saying |
| 9 | He understands what I have been through … " |
| 10 | ‘ For what I did was on the King 's instructions . ’ |
| 11 | One of the Inverkeithing officers , the tide waiter , was ‘ threatened to be removed or broke ’ if he joined Provost Cunningham in the burgh elections , a sad state of affairs , when , as Cunningham complained , ‘ your Lordship knows what I do is from no other view than to serve the D[uke] of A[rgyl]e & your lordship 's interest , and have his grace 's order for doing so ’ . |
| 12 | What I need is to be alone . ’ |
| 13 | Cos what I need is like a block of wood . |
| 14 | What she said was of interest to Edouard , but he could see that it was by way of a preamble . |
| 15 | At least , he must have known what she said was in it . |
| 16 | The body 's centre line and she equated that and what she said was in terms of the hands that people who were open and positive communicators used on average more symmetrical open palm gestures than individual or closed palm gestures non-symmetrical . |
| 17 | What she had been after was a specified date and time . |
| 18 | What she wrote is worth repeating here : |
| 19 | She is a much more down-to-earth person than Madeline Vesey Neroni , and supports her husband through thick and thin , always doing what she feels is in his best interest . |
| 20 | Her head was aching a bit too , but then that was not surprising perhaps after what she 'd been through this evening . |
| 21 | Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time . |
| 22 | I said you know what she 's been like with this young girl at college you thought |
| 23 | So what she wears is of considerable importance , and you will need to describe her clothes in fair detail , though with as much economy in the writing as you can manage . |
| 24 | If what you hear is like a field |
| 25 | I imagined that , having got what you 've been after all week , you 'd be quite happy to agree … ’ |
| 26 | Clearly what you need are at least two helpers . |
| 27 | What you want is for me to stroke your ego by telling you that he does n't compare to you . ’ |
| 28 | What you want is to be able to answer a few sensible questions uniquely identifying you , the trouble is there 's probably a repertoire of only ten of those questions , you 're going to get asked three or four of them , but those questions , your date of birth , your telephone number , the er address of your bank and so on and so forth , if you 're a private detective you can get those , you can have them on a sheet of paper and you can pretend to be whoever you like . |
| 29 | The bacteria destroys flesh , so what you smell is in fact rotting flesh . |
| 30 | But that 's , that 's all the all what we got is in there . |