Example sentences of "be what you [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 're what you get in the sky when the sun shines and it 's been raining … |
| 2 | Yes , that may be what you decide to actually do . |
| 3 | A popular shift for returning district nurses is the twilight shift — assisting patients into or out of bed — although this may not be what you want for the rest of your life . |
| 4 | A law of American life says that the world is a market , and markets are what you cater to . |
| 5 | If you are what you claim to be , you 're nothing but a dusty relic from some medieval ghetto … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ These are what you came for , are n't they — your ledgers , a couple of files ? |
| 7 | Like Shaw 's Eliza in Pygmalion , you are what you decide to be , more or less ; and no people on earth , one may suspect , is so adept at jumping hierarchies by efficiently switching accent or style . |
| 8 | That 's the meaning , it 's what you spent on stamps in the last year . |
| 9 | They , well there 's no taste to it , I mean it 's what you put on white bread |
| 10 | She said that 's what you come to school for . |
| 11 | ‘ Vodka and orange juice — that 's what you asked for , was n't it ? |
| 12 | That 's what you spotted on the Big Dipper . |
| 13 | And that 's what you had at Holland ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not about to poach orders , if that 's what you had in mind . |
| 15 | That 's what you had in mind was n't it ? |
| 16 | She knew it , and said , with the quick tact of the born captain , ‘ Well , it 's what you make of them . |
| 17 | It 's what you make of yourself that matters out there . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He was n't mean , anyway , ’ she flared , ‘ if that 's what you mean by careful . |
| 19 | Oh that 's what you mean by erm |
| 20 | I mean I think there are groups of women all over the country very interested in feminism and doing lots of good work and providing support for women who do want some sort of change , and so if that 's what you mean by the women 's liberation movement I think it 's a very good thing . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's what you get for sticking your dick in a plug socket . ’ |
| 22 | That 's what you get for buying your jewellery from a bubble gum machine . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's what you get for flying antiques , ’ he said unsympathetically . |
| 24 | The solos still grate , but at least you can get the beers in at this point without fear of missing anything serious — although Hammett has included an axe-trashing coda to his widdly-widdly section ; that 's what you get for hanging out with Nirvana . |
| 25 | " That 's what you get for being public-spirited . " |
| 26 | And that 's what you get with the Grange du Pin for £3.55 a bottle . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's what you get in this house , ’ he said , without explaining precisely what it was you got . |
| 28 | That 's what you get in our house . |
| 29 | That 's what you get from smoking . |
| 30 | That 's what you get from the microphone . |