Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] it [be] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she called Nahum to know who it was he did n't answer , and it was almost a week before she recognized Elizabeth Bradford . |
| 2 | They were the years in which we began to grow up ; in which we started to discover who it was we thought we 'd like to be ; in which our earliest ( and therefore longest-lasting ) preferences in love , music , pleasure were formed . |
| 3 | ‘ But we have to do everything we can to find whatever it was he gave to Tristram before October the eleventh . ’ |
| 4 | If she wants whatever it is she gets out of this relationship , no one can deny she 's entitled to it . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope you have n't caught whatever it was I had . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The conference is waiting to discover what it is she intends to do , now that she has finally arrived in Brighton . ’ |
| 7 | A friend who had a key let herself in and called upstairs , but I did n't want anyone to come into the bedroom because they might catch whatever it was I had . |
| 8 | In fact I 'd rather you ask as I 'm going through because er very often you think of something and er you wait to the end and you 've forgotten what it was you wanted to know until you 've got home when then you re all of a sudden you remember what it was . |
| 9 | I 've quite forgotten what it was you asked . ’ |
| 10 | It makes me feel insecure — not understanding what it is they want so much . |
| 11 | I told you it was him did n't I ? |
| 12 | Had he done whatever it was he had to do ? |
| 13 | Then he let go of my sleeve as if he 'd confessed what it was he had to confess . |
| 14 | Oh yes , do you know , I was trying to remember what it was you wanted from that place over in Homesdale , you , you know where I mean do n't you ? |
| 15 | Then — if you still wish — you can do whatever it was you came here to do . ’ |
| 16 | The question she was avoiding was whether Miss Fergusson might not have been the instrument of her own precipitation , in order to achieve or confirm whatever it was she wanted to achieve or confirm . |
| 17 | I think we have to wait and see what it is they announce . ’ |
| 18 | Lee ca n't breathe Liz has got psoriasis and Lee 's got whatever it is she 's got ! |
| 19 | And she had n't got whatever it was he wanted , so it had all been in vain . |
| 20 | This short book was written to help teachers and student teachers interested in researching what happens in their classrooms to identify what it is they want to investigate and the most appropriate way of setting about it . |
| 21 | So the other one is I do n't remember what it is I wanted but I think I 'll go in to erm and erm |
| 22 | No doubt she was wondering what it was he expected to find . |
| 23 | Yet vagueness in stating the task or problem can often create resistance or a failure to accept the delegated task simply because the subordinate is not entirely clear what it is you want done . |
| 24 | I ai n't bothered what it is I do n't think . |
| 25 | I do n't understand what it is you want , or what you have to do with Spiderglass , or even how you got me away from them . |
| 26 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 27 | You now know who it is you want to impress . |
| 28 | Never would I wish to do whatever it is they do — nobody would ! |
| 29 | Remember that you are your own best critic and only you can finally decide what it is you wanted to say . |
| 30 | Write a letter to its Publicity Department requesting a visit and stating what it is you want to see and what you are hoping to find out . |