Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] what it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this connection I think it important to bear in mind exactly what it was that the learned trial judge had to decide . |
| 2 | He closed his eyes and tried with all the concentration of which he was capable to see with his mind exactly what it was that he had wanted to paint . |
| 3 | It seemed to her now that all she had ever had had been the dream of having dreams ; the goal of having goals one day , once she had made her mind up what it was she wanted . |
| 4 | And what does one do one picks it up start rattling it like the devil to find a work out what it is ! |
| 5 | have to double that , cos when you wiggle the wires here what it is when you wiggling the wire you 're moving the thing contact , I said if you wiggle the wire it 's alright it 's sort of coincidental |
| 6 | Make your voltage twice what it was , and keep everything else fixed , you 'll get twice the current . |
| 7 | I always bring something back from there — today it was iris together with something white and richly scented ; I asked the girl twice what it was called but could n't catch what she said — I arrange the flowers in the vase I bought soon after I arrived . |
| 8 | He ranted and raved because he found out years afterwards what it was the other swine had taken . |
| 9 | Once this was conceded , the next step would be to move to their becoming semi-independent public bodies ( much the same might happen to hospitals and other public services ) , with the ‘ freedom to manage ’ without regard to political pressure from local electors or ‘ vested interests ’ ( trade unions and professionals ) and the freedom to cut labour costs ( the main item in service budgets ) by paying people only what it was necessary to pay them in that local market . |
| 10 | Yep , that just about sums up what we do on the way to the cairn , hence the use of the word climb in trying to convey to a companion exactly what it is you expect them to do when they get out of the car . |
| 11 | Memory not what it was . |
| 12 | On that occasion , although one of them only was present , both counsel and solicitor were in court acting on their behalf , and I find it very difficult to accept that neither counsel nor solicitor at the conclusion of the hearing explained in the clearest terms to the second appellant precisely what it was that she and the first appellant were to be restrained from doing . |
| 13 | She did n't like it already and she had no idea yet what it was . |