Example sentences of "what you [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's called Totally Pauly , and what you get is this gangling , scarf-draped , tendril-haired , mumbling , stumbling doper addressing the camera — and , by extension , us — as ‘ Bud ’ , accosting strangers on the street , cruising chicks ( ‘ buff nugs ’ , to use his parlance ) on the Strip , or making field trips to beauty pageants , pig farms and rodeos . |
| 2 | But in return for its rich density of lovingly dwelt-on , almost novelistic detail , what you lose is any sense of a strong forward pulse or of the play 's irresistible sweep towards doom . |
| 3 | What you love are all those glitzy London shops where you can indulge your weakness for expensive baubles . ’ |
| 4 | The many gaps in the fossil record can be interpreted both ways — as being due to the intrinsic incompleteness of a record based on random serendipitous preservation , or as reflecting the true historical sequence : what you see is all there is . |
| 5 | Thus most of the popular WYSIWYG document preparation systems are often condemned as ‘ What You See Is All You Get ’ , but such systems are hugely successful in the market . |
| 6 | What you need is some of this . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What you need is some rest , ’ said Luke . |
| 8 | No , Brother , ’ he tapped Athelstan lightly on the fingers , ‘ what you need is more sleep . |
| 9 | What you want is that sugar stuff what they 'll take back to nest . |
| 10 | Oh no no no no but if the situation is such that er you what you say is that is the s the six months has now started has it ? |
| 11 | Is that what you wanted was that the right card to put down ? |