Example sentences of "[det] [is] [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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31 This is what you might call phase one within the L P C.
32 Part of me was hugging them because this is what you should do and part of me was thinking : ‘ It 's over .
33 Your own temperament is a good guide to which course you are likely to complete — and this is what you should focus on .
34 ‘ What 's a nice guy like me doing in a place like this is what you should have said .
35 This is what you can do : if he comes too close and narrows the gap , step to the side and extend it again ; a gentle touch to his arm is more emphatic than asking him to stop .
36 Now this is what you can do if you want to .
37 It is best if the sieve is flat-bottomed , but you can use a round-bottomed kitchen sieve if this is what you can get most easily .
38 ‘ Then this is what you will do .
39 This is what you will do .
40 If you are a customer , then this is what you will hear on the phone when contacting the sales desk .
41 Either you 've got to do what you 're suggesting , go in right at the start and say , It 's all sorted , here 's the coding , this is what you will apply , the Inland Revenue have agreed it already , you you know do n't use your own system .
42 This is what you must do : freeze your emotions by concentrating on putting your opponent on to the computer screen of your mind .
43 He tried to wriggle out of his responsibilities however , but his boss said : " If you want to keep your job , this is what you must do . "
44 ‘ Well , then , this is what you must do .
45 So this is what he would reach first , thousands of tethered horses .
46 Now what you would say to Mr Plumber , This is this is the whole deal this is what it would cost you .
47 This is our actual workload and this is what it would have happened if we 'd followed the M R C er protocols .
48 This is what it 'll look like from the front .
49 A healthy aura is rather like a filter , allowing only that which is beneficial to affect us ; this is what it should achieve in a well-balanced person .
50 You know , this is what I would expect every group in the parish to do , to tackle areas where
51 This is what I 'll do — an injection to take away the pain and reduce the bruising and a few tablets for you to give today and tomorrow .
52 So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air
53 Well this is what I 'll have to , we 'll have to find out , I 've not really gone into detail about it , I think it might be actually because it 's er you , you 've got two things
54 Okay well this is what I 'd like you to do .
55 That is what we might call suppression .
56 alright , that 's what you want , that is what we 'll do .
57 It is clearly Labour 's vision to have high tax rates , but it is the hope of the people of this country to have the lowest possible tax rates , and that is what we shall offer .
58 That is what we shall do . ’
59 That is what we shall do .
60 We shall miss his humour , his smile , his sometimes quite brilliant prose and always remember that if the name was mentioned it always brought a smile , and that is what we shall remember .
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