This English Grammar Profile C1 point 53 in NOUNS/phrases defined
complex noun phrases with ‘wh-‘ cleft clauses, followed by ‘be’, to give focus
is also found in the category of FOCUS.
A search in iWeb:
. What _P _V _VB
1 . WHAT I MEAN IS 3278
2 . WHAT I DID WAS 1894
3 . WHAT I DO IS 1716
4 . WHAT WE NEED IS 1715
5 . WHAT YOU NEED IS 1657
6 . WHAT IT DOES IS 1318
7 . WHAT I FOUND WAS 1262
8 . WHAT YOU SEE IS 1198
9 . WHAT YOU DO IS 1091
10 . WHAT IT MEANS IS 923
11 . WHAT YOU WANT IS 865
12 . WHAT WE DO IS 858
13 . WHAT THEY DO IS 789
14 . WHAT THEY FOUND WAS 756
15 . WHAT I WANT IS 702
16 . WHAT I THINK IS 675
17 . WHAT YOU GET IS 637
18 . WHAT I NEED IS 561
19 . WHAT WE FOUND WAS 549
20 . WHAT WE HAVE IS 541
21 . WHAT I MEANT WAS 518
22 . WHAT WE WANT IS 504
23 . WHAT HE DID WAS 437
24 . WHAT I FOUND IS 402
25 . WHAT WE DID WAS 401
26 . WHAT I GOT WAS 395
27 . WHAT I SAW WAS 381
28 . WHAT YOU HAVE IS 372
29 . WHAT WE SEE IS 366
30 . WHAT THEY DID WAS 344
31 . WHAT I LIKE IS 341
32 . WHAT THEY NEED IS 335
33 . WHAT I SEE IS 330
34 . WHAT I SAID WAS 325
35 . WHAT WE KNOW IS 313
36 . WHAT HE FOUND WAS 310
37 . WHAT I HAVE BEEN 306
38 . WHAT THEY WANT IS 304
39 . WHAT I THOUGHT WAS 303
40 . WHAT YOU SHOULD BE 300
41 . WHAT I DID IS 280
42 . WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS 268
And what I discovered was a place I wasn’t angry with.
43 . WHAT I KNOW IS 264
44 . WHAT I ‘VE BEEN 261
45 . WHAT I LOVE IS 256
46 . WHAT WE FOUND IS 253
47 . WHAT HE SAID WAS 209
48 . WHAT WE NEED ARE 209
49 . WHAT I WANTED WAS 207
50 . WHAT I MEANT IS 198
51 . WHAT I HAVE IS 190
52 . WHAT I LEARNED IS 189
53 . WHAT HE DOES IS 184
54 . WHAT I FIND IS 180
55 . WHAT IT IS IS 178
56 . WHAT I NEEDED WAS 173
57 . WHAT THEY MEAN IS 170
58 . WHAT WE GOT WAS 170
59 . WHAT YOU SAY IS 168
60 . WHAT I SUGGEST IS 167
61 . WHAT YOU DESCRIBE IS 166
62 . WHAT WE SHOULD BE 164
63 . WHAT WE MEAN IS 160
64 . WHAT I LEARNED WAS 158
65 . WHAT THEY FOUND IS 151
66 . WHAT WE FIND IS 150
67 . WHAT I DISCOVERED IS 148
68 . WHAT I NOTICED WAS 147
69 . WHAT I NOTICED IS 147
70 . WHAT I SAY IS 144
71 . WHAT WE DID IS 144
72 . WHAT WE SAW WAS 139
73 . WHAT YOU THINK IS 138
74 . WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 137
75 . WHAT YOU NEED ARE 136
76 . WHAT I BELIEVE IS 129
77 . WHAT YOU DID WAS 124
78 . WHAT I WONDER IS 123
79 . WHAT YOU WILL BE 123
80 . WHAT WE ‘VE BEEN 122
81 . WHAT IT SAYS IS 121
82 . WHAT THEY SAY IS 116
83 . WHAT WE GET IS 116
84 . WHAT THEY DISCOVERED WAS 115
85 . WHAT I RECOMMEND IS 115
86 . WHAT HE SAW WAS 114
87 . WHAT HE SAYS IS 113
88 . WHAT HE MEANS IS 111
89 . WHAT THEY DID IS 108
90 . WHAT HE WANTS IS 107
91 . WHAT I SAID IS 106
92 . WHAT HE MEANT WAS 106
93 . WHAT THEY ARE IS 106
94 . WHAT SHE DID WAS 105
95 . WHAT HE DISCOVERED WAS 102
96 . WHAT THEY HAVE IS 102
97 . WHAT THEY FIND IS 101
98 . WHAT IT DID WAS 101
99 . WHAT YOU ‘LL BE 100
100 . WHAT I AM IS 98
B1 vocabulary:
discovered, noticed, recommend, suggest, wonder