Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If she wants whatever it is she gets out of this relationship , no one can deny she 's entitled to it . |
| 32 | ‘ Do you know who it was who was with the target ? ’ |
| 33 | Actually , actually I like to you do n't say much but when you say it it 's nothing . |
| 34 | She told me it was your smile that did it . |
| 35 | You know what it is I bet they 're pruning in the field |
| 36 | And if you could pop in there , you know what it is I 'm |
| 37 | I said , but like you tell me it 's your life , mm |
| 38 | And she knew who it was they were discussing . |
| 39 | She looked at Mr Browning , startled , and he drew a clean handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the blood away tenderly , saying , ‘ She tells me it is nothing , nothing she has not had before . ’ |
| 40 | What did you tell her it was me for that 's a putter-off for a start . |
| 41 | You know , and then you leave it It 's what they term soft and it 's got to be left to sort of harden you know , and then some instances some people prefer a dull polish , they do n't like a a very bright and they 'll say what they call pumi powdered pumice stone and they put that sprinkle that on , and it 's got to be done a certain way with a brush so to not to leave any marks . |
| 42 | That way you see what it was you liked in the first place , and you see it fresh and clean again — like new . |
| 43 | You discover what it is you have to say in the process of saying it . |
| 44 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
| 45 | If we , if we decide what it is we want to look at and there is a consensus on that and then you look at it over a period of time and see , and see what 's revealed by it . |
| 46 | and the inevitable happened it it got hit and the next time we saw it it was it was galloping across the field with it 's one of his front paws |
| 47 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays , from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 48 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 49 | ‘ It was rather touching that when I told him who the other members of the cast were — Ian Richardson , Zena Walker and Freddie Jones — he said : ‘ Do they know who it is who 's playing the character ? ’ |
| 50 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 51 | Yes they do they it 's it 's yeah they they liked to sort of erm I think they felt a bit shy in the beginning and yet you know |
| 52 | Always ask yourself ‘ Do they say what it is you are trying to make clear to the student ? ’ |
| 53 | Had he done whatever it was he had to do ? |
| 54 | Cos it gets you it 's summat different . |
| 55 | But quite often Quigley will keep his audience in such a state of suspense that he forgets what it was he intended to say . |
| 56 | Well could n't , could she , could she just go back one page and let's us see what it was she wants . |