Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] what it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He watched its greenish , powerful beak stabbing the ground but could not make out what it was doing . |
| 2 | His lips seemed to be mouthing something , but Robert could not make out what it was . |
| 3 | In the first place I do not know exactly what it was like in all its details . |
| 4 | ‘ Gently , you do not know yet what it is . |
| 5 | He says : ‘ They may be worried because they feel that something is wrong with their child , but can not work out what it is . |
| 6 | He would not say precisely what it was that caused the parting of the ways . |
| 7 | Very very erm suggestive metaphor although I do n't know exactly what it 's extraordinary one , erm erm erm , the , perhaps we should begin to step back a second here , to think about how we normally individuate things . |
| 8 | The exception to this is the police , who have had by far the largest addition to that , they have n't lost money when they lost S S A , erm , we have been ge , extremely generous to them , far more than to any other committee this year , erm , and although we have n't given them money for , to pay awards because we do n't know exactly what it is . |
| 9 | I do n't know exactly what it was but he started really working hard at school . |
| 10 | I do n't know exactly what it was , but er er it was potted meat sandwiches er and tea . |
| 11 | Er but er they devised various ways on their own to help them with these things , you know , they er I do n't know exactly what it was called but you you would see a Maybe a riveter in below the in below the boat er doing the shell , in below the boat , and he would have a Like a hammer , a a an arm that was rigged up for him er to give him an assistance with the the machine , to hold the machine up to You know to let him work with the machine . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , the funny thing is that I do n't know really what it 's like because I 'm not in that little room any more . |
| 13 | The narrator says , ‘ I was there , I felt it , but I ca n't describe exactly what it was , ’ and everyone draws closer , fascinated . |
| 14 | Shit , I ca n't work out what it is you do believe in … |
| 15 | So you know I mean this is , okay , let's say you have n't got a clue , you ca n't work out what it is so you think oh alright , I 'm stuck . |
| 16 | Even before he was fully awake he felt the oppression of unpleasant memory , the threat of worse to come , although he could n't remember exactly what it was that he remembered . |
| 17 | I ca n't remember exactly what it was but there was I 've got a very strong memory of |
| 18 | Well er when I er , when I er , I could n't remember much what it was now , but whatever the union fee was , when I started on me own to be er satisfied of cos of circumstances I might need money , you know , I thought it would say the union fee was a shilling , I had to pay one and six half as much as whatever it was and I did do . |
| 19 | He could n't remember now what it was , but it had made his blazing mad . |
| 20 | Er this is erm , er this is the Spring , ca n't read out what it is , the Spring , this is the great Spring raffle , Amnesty does get quite a lot of money from the raffles , er they start off with just the Christmas one now we have them all through the year I think , |
| 21 | " You know , there 's something queer about the warren this evening , although I ca n't tell exactly what it is . |
| 22 | But it does n't mean exactly what it 's saying does it ? |
| 23 | But for all his new acquaintance 's mildness there was something about him that made Hugh uneasy , and for the life of him he could n't figure out what it was . |