Example sentences of "or [Wh det] it be you [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | from tapes or whatever it is you hold on . |
2 | You 're wasted as a carpenter , or whatever it is you like to call yourself . |
3 | Or whatever it is you know . |
4 | Or compute , or whatever it is you do . ’ |
5 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |
6 | Now shut your eyes or whatever it is you do . ’ |
7 | Go and buy some curtains or whatever it is you want . " |
8 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |