Example sentences of "what with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've no business to ask , but I do like to know everything that 's going on here , and what with the measles , I 've been so dreadfully out of touch . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It is so good of you to look in on an old invalid when you must be so very busy at the office — what with the Dean 's compost heap yielding such unwholesome remains . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been feeling delicate all day , what with the trial and everything . |
| 4 | What with the fog , the rain and the dark it was frightening to say the least ! |
| 5 | What with the flower sellers and the blind musician , the old man at his sewing machine , the two sisters selling maps of Delhi by the roadside and two others collecting camel dung for fuel the sights and sound if not the actual smell came flooding back , even though it 's 40 years since I was last there . |
| 6 | They 're probably cheaper than Selina , come to think of it , what with the hotel mark-up . |
| 7 | Our children had in , they went to schools here , and what with the friends , and neighbours and former schoolfriends we got on wonderfully well with the general public . |
| 8 | Someone from British Coal rang a bemused Rob Gretton to find out what ‘ the political content of the record was ’ as , what with the goings-on with the imminent pit closures they claim not to want any more adverse publicity ! |
| 9 | It was St Patrick 's Night , 1912 , and Sergeant O'Neil had had a long day , what with the parade and all . |
| 10 | What with the onions and the heat , every last drop of moisture 's gone from me . |
| 11 | What with the music and the conventions , the place is bursting at the seams — but we 'll do our best for you . ’ |
| 12 | What with the Santa Cruz Operation 's new president Lars Turndal being the new kid on the block and a stranger to most of the people who 'll have to deal with him , we thought we 'd give a little of his background . |
| 13 | Well , I suppose it must look quite cool , what with the aeroplane tickets and the restaurants , the cabs , the filmstars , Selina , the Fiasco , the money . |
| 14 | What with the case and everything , and now all this with Lizzy … . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm sick to death of the worry it 's brought , what with the lease-owners demanding money from me , when I 've no bloody rents to collect there … |
| 16 | ‘ So you see , what with the Church never keeping adequate records and relying on the personal network all the time and the patronage system doing the same but relying on a different network , we 're all rather in the dark . ’ |
| 17 | Sorry , but I mislaid it , and then what with the shock of Mark 's accident … |
| 18 | Its a pity we ca n't get any body else , er , to be here what with the flu and , in it ? |
| 19 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
| 20 | What with the lines ? |
| 21 | It was true that I had n't been to see Jeeta or Anwar for a long time , what with the moving and my depression and everything , and wanting to start a new life in London and know the city . |
| 22 | What with the school ? |
| 23 | What with the addition of new capabilities to spreadsheets , and the advent of products which push back the frontiers of the electronic spreadsheet concept , it 's becoming a little difficult to draw a line between spreadsheet products and more elaborate financial modelling environments . |
| 24 | It 's difficult enough keeping the newsletter going , what with the cost of paper and postage . ’ |
| 25 | We shouted but what with the noise of the water and not knowing their language of course it was n't any use and then we were in the water . |
| 26 | ‘ And what with the tunnel and the European Market , what 'll be left of England ? |
| 27 | What with the mileage . |
| 28 | But , what with the way rugby is evolving and fewer scrums , a prop whose contribution is mainly confined to the scrummages can often seem something of an anachronism . |
| 29 | The Netherlands has contributed a lot on the side to Hollywood in recent years , what with the success of Paul ( Robocop ) Verhoeven and , of course , Rutger Hauer . |
| 30 | They were on the Home Service , along with all the programmes about how to make do in the kitchen what with the rationing , and the fireside chats from the Prime Minister . |