Example sentences of "is it [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long is it since you saw her ? |
| 2 | Why is it that they bestow their ardour upon the well-adjusted , wholesome architects of pop 's fatal new maturity ? |
| 3 | What else is it that it tells ya ? |
| 4 | Jacob is not dealing with a demon , and when the answer to his question comes , together with the dawn , he knows that himself for certain : ‘ Why is it that you ask my name ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ How is it that you recognised him ? ’ she asked politely . |
| 6 | ‘ If he 's so untrustworthy then how is it that you know him ? ’ she asked with shaky triumph . |
| 7 | Or is it that you want him to ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What is it that you want me to do , Isabel ? ’ |
| 9 | Why is it that you have everything but , there you are , there you are they 're cheap too are n't they ? |
| 10 | And then I think I want to ask you people the question , ‘ What is it that you do which is potentially interesting to the world ? ’ okay ? |
| 11 | When you saw what a disaster you had caused , you could of started again and taken some time , oh sorry I forgot that 's not godlike , you probably did n't want to know or is it that you enjoy what you made , a sort of entertainment , better than Home and Away , watching wars and diseases and things . |
| 12 | But just er , you know , clarify my thinking on it , what exactly is it that you feel you want to think about ? |
| 13 | is it but you see you could er pay for them on the ferry then |
| 14 | That is it and I hate it when you keep on and on nagging . |
| 15 | That is it and I hate it when you keep on and on nagging . |
| 16 | he said you know what is it and I showed him a piece like , he said oh I he said yes , I said I 've taken the nails out that I did n't see , he said oh I 've got a metal detector here |
| 17 | But is it because they left it too late or something then ? |
| 18 | Is it because you believe it wrong to do so , or because you are afraid of being caught and of the consequences if you are ? |
| 19 | ‘ Is — is it because you think you should stay with your aunt ? |
| 20 | ‘ Or is it because I did it from choice ? ’ she demanded sarcastically , shouting him down . |