Example sentences of "[vb base] what it [be] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet vagueness in stating the task or problem can often create resistance or a failure to accept the delegated task simply because the subordinate is not entirely clear what it is you want done . |
| 2 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
| 3 | You know what it is I bet they 're pruning in the field |
| 4 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 5 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 6 | and I reckon what it is they spray the fields with all this stuff |
| 7 | If we , if we decide what it is we want to look at and there is a consensus on that and then you look at it over a period of time and see , and see what 's revealed by it . |
| 8 | If you are having a recruitment drive , decide what it is you want : 500 members in two years , 2,000 in five or whatever . |
| 9 | Erm I think what it is I think it 's a it 's a it 's a deal that 's should suit all parties . |
| 10 | No I think what it is I understand it now but if you ask me in a couple of weeks |
| 11 | That way you see what it was you liked in the first place , and you see it fresh and clean again — like new . |
| 12 | Well could n't , could she , could she just go back one page and let's us see what it was she wants . |
| 13 | You discover what it is you have to say in the process of saying it . |