Example sentences of "was [adv] what you [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was probably what you 'd say was a hippy at the time , y'know … |
| 2 | ‘ The music I listened to when I was growing up was mainly what you 'd call the ‘ British new wave invasion ’ — the Buzzcocks , Generation X , early XTC , Elvis Costello . |
| 3 | ‘ It was n't what you might think . |
| 4 | She was n't what you might call strict either , but she knew it would n't be right , that their last chance was to hold on until they were married , so that , however mean and poor it was , their marriage would have that at least to make it special . |
| 5 | But at that time it was n't what you 'd call modern in so far as you had n't got hot water from a sort of gas fir Electric heating . |
| 6 | But there was n't what you 'd call an organized sports group . |
| 7 | Jonathan was n't what you 'd call a warm man but he was n't a monk either . |