Example sentences of "know [Wh det] it be [that] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Being around you for any length of time , I 'd sooner know what it is that makes you tick .
2 He stood quivering to the gradations of light that sang in the roof , and did not know what it was that moved him so , the hour , or the true beauty of the proportions and spaces about him , or the marvellous and frightening sense of having drawn so close to the spring of his own being .
3 Nell lowered the file , suddenly frightened , and still not knowing what it was that had disturbed her .
4 Spectators and bystanders on the canal bank turned and stared , not knowing what it was that had flashed past them , hurtling towards the water .
5 And then he knew what it was that had tapped him on the shoulder .
6 He knew what it was that had struck him as odd about Michael Banks 's death .
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