Example sentences of "be [Wh det] they [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they used to er have er a film Of course they used to be silent films and then er er had er and there used to be what they call interval . |
| 2 | Well all that and then there used to be what they used call er net mending but my mother used to do that . |
| 3 | There is rather more to it than that , of course , for it brings together several novel technical features that KEF have developed and proven separately in other models over the years , the most recent being what they term Uni-Q , a two-way coincident drive unit featured in the current ‘ Q ’ range . |
| 4 | And then er that 's one of t the the boss made that cabinet there er it 's got the feet er but and these are what they call astricles These panes of glass are all in er individually you know , they 're all put in and to polish these wee astricles oh you you had to be very deli cos they 're very thin you know , and you had to flay them and polish and they lay them in the thing and then they they were fitted in and then the glass was The doors were sent to the glaziers Certain amount of polish on them and then the doors were sent to the glazers and then they were finished after that you know . |
| 5 | The last two subjects are what they call core subjects which you have to take . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's what they told Valesio . ’ |
| 7 | Only that now that 's what they sell things there th they 've started there . |
| 8 | And they used to make two penny worth up and that 's what they called potherbs , in those days . |
| 9 | Nowadays it sells bottled lager which the trendies drink from the bottle because it 's what they think Canadians do , and Watneys bitter at a leg-and-an-arm a pint . |
| 10 | That 's what they think ballet should be and that 's why I think , by and large , ballet is a dying art form . ’ |
| 11 | That 's what they called Sean Walsh , who seemed to have become paler , thinner and harder of the eye since his arrival . |
| 12 | Aye gr well I 've heard of the , a guffy that 's what they used call ham . |
| 13 | It 's what they call Elephant Juice . |
| 14 | it 's what they call Roseanne girls are n't they ? |
| 15 | That 's what they call discipline , I suppose . ’ |
| 16 | Maybe just having the space to say all the things they want to say , including the difficult and confusing things , as often and for as long as they want to say them , is what they seek help and support with . |
| 17 | This is what they teach fighters in Britain and that 's why most British fighters are only of a certain calibre . |
| 18 | But er when just before I left the polishing which was in nineteen thirty eight , er they were bringing in a lot of cellu it 's all th a lot of all this modern stuff is what they call cellulose , but I could n't tell you how it 's done , it 's done with a spray . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm assured the thing is what they call user friendly . ’ |
| 20 | Australia is another good source of winter warmers , especially with full-bodied wines made from Shiraz , which is what they call Syrah down under . |
| 21 | ‘ That is what they promised Morag Mackintosh and big Mary , and Sheila Stewart , and Flora MacGregor . |
| 22 | There was what they called gangs you see , you know they had planks did n't they . |
| 23 | let them pull a cow collar , wi it was what they call cow collar learn , the way to learn them . |
| 24 | It was what they called parrots . |