Example sentences of "what [pron] [vb base] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What does it matter what I want it for ? |
| 2 | Will really yield what I want it to . |
| 3 | I mean , that 's what I do it for . |
| 4 | What she want it for then ? |
| 5 | What she want it for ? |
| 6 | May the way be kind and journey 's end what you hope it to be . |
| 7 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |
| 8 | I do n't know what you put it in somebody else 's pocket for , you 've got pockets of your own . |
| 9 | ‘ Is that what you mix it with to get crack ? ’ |
| 10 | Oh is that what you use it for ? |
| 11 | The first reference merely says that ‘ It 's all about man before birth , during life and at death — very deep and it never does what you expect it to ! ’ |
| 12 | It depends on what you need it for and how much you are prepared to study . |
| 13 | If you are thinking about buying a microcomputer have you really worked out what you want it for , or if you really need it ? |
| 14 | Without taking careful note of who you are , why you asked and what you want it for . |
| 15 | There is always a struggle to get language to do what you want it to ; to say , no more and no less , what you want it to say . |
| 16 | A woman seeks the truth of her ancestry , and discovers truth can be what you want it to be ; in a hospital a neglected old man weaves fables in a lost language ; fantasy becomes reality when a young boy 's sense of wonder is awakened by the first man in space ; a man 's obsession with ‘ the dogs ’ has grim but farcical consequences ; a couple 's holiday in France is disturbed by the ghosts of war ; a chance encounter brings an unexpected delight to a birdwatcher . |
| 17 | Nonesuch can become what you want it to be . |
| 18 | Somerset is what you want it to be — there 's something for just about everybody . |
| 19 | Although a bit of a nuisance , it is usually cheaper and safer in the long run to run both systems together until you are 101 per cent sure that your new computer is ready and able to handle what you want it to . |
| 20 | Well sailing is what you want it to be . |
| 21 | The practice of law is not what you want it to be , it is what your clients want it to be . |
| 22 | If you are riding on the road you just see different towns , but in the forest there is such variety , that an hour ride becomes what you want it to be . |
| 23 | Oh there 's a what you call it at the end , the old folks ' retirement home is n't there |
| 24 | And she says there 's nothing wrong with you she said and gave me a what you call it to p to er protect myself . |
| 25 | something like that what we make it into er |
| 26 | Porn embarrasses us in part because of what we use it for . |
| 27 | Is everything only what we remember it to be — neither more nor less ? |
| 28 | But for what we want it for ours is good enough . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Dalgliesh , 'we 're so sated now with scientific wonders that it 's a bit disconcerting when we find that technology can do everything except what we want it to . ’ |
| 30 | So you know th they 're using the most accurate bearing they can for what they use it for . |