Example sentences of "[pron] it is they " in BNC.
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| 1 | look after whoever it is they 're looking after . |
| 2 | INVESTORS , traders , bankers and managers often operate with only a partial model in mind about why they are doing whatever it is they are doing , and what principles lie behind it . |
| 3 | Gradually , each successive shot brings us closer to the action and eventually to the actions of individuals , allowing us to see their expressions and hear whatever it is they are saying to each other . |
| 4 | Never would I wish to do whatever it is they do — nobody would ! |
| 5 | Commander Adam Dalgliesh is coming to see me as soon as they 've finished with whatever it is they 're doing at the church . |
| 6 | He 's going to resist and negotiate them down to whatever it is they really want . |
| 7 | I was just going to eat whatever it is they have and then go to sleep . |
| 8 | It seems that this Andrée woman was the star turn there , won all the prizes , played all the parts , set the fashion or whatever it is they look up to at those girl schools , you should know . ’ |
| 9 | Like getting a wage packet again , instead of voting myself a salary as my own director or whatever it is they make me do . ’ |
| 10 | But whatever it is , whatever it is they 're saying or trying to say , it never cramps Tod 's style . |
| 11 | ‘ My lord sheriff , reverend gentlemen , ’ said the earl , ‘ you come very aptly , if Robin has reported your errand rightly , for I confess I 've been tempted to lift the lid on whatever it is they 've brought me from Ullesthorpe . |
| 12 | He used it as a chemical store once it had been deconsecrated or whatever it is they do to unused churches . |
| 13 | There 's no reason why they should n't carry on with whatever it is they 're doing . |
| 14 | ‘ Maybe next time Ellis will find me an undercover job that takes me to opium dens in Hong Kong , dusky maidens in Peru and shark-fishing amongst the coral reefs , or whatever it is they do there . ’ |
| 15 | Humans 'll come back and mend the wheels or whatever it is they do . ’ |
| 16 | So the builders have gone , and all the old biddies turn up in their Sunday best to say their Hail Marys , or whatever it is they do . |
| 17 | Erm , I think many of the young people especially go through , never seem to have an interlock er , together to create er , whatever it is they want to . |
| 18 | er it 's always been er guaranteed i.e. if a customer was not satisfied , then one hundred percent we will rectify whatever it is they 're not satisfied with . |
| 19 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays , from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 20 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them and produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 21 | Police must ‘ find out from our consumers what it is they require from us , how sensitive we are being to their needs and how satisfied they are with the service ’ . |
| 22 | At the time of the cash call the group promised shareholders unchanged dividends totalling 6p for the year , and that is what it is they are getting , the final of 3¾p payable on July 1 . |
| 23 | If you put that depth of knowledge with the normal Wedding Present , you can see the talent , musicianship and understanding of what it is they are doing , ’ he says . |
| 24 | Try and understand what it is they are looking for . |
| 25 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 26 | Operators who have their tachograph charts analysed by an outside agency need to be careful about exactly what it is they are buying and whether it meets their requirements in protecting them from breaches of the law by their employees and agents . |
| 27 | Spilling the knots from one 's entrails out onto paper is n't likely to make a poem or story that others will want to read , but many writers do have to go through the ‘ spilling ’ process in order to know just what it is they have to hammer into shape . |
| 28 | ‘ In a society where the image has virtually taken over every aspect of life , people are tired of having someone else decide what it is they will see . |
| 29 | At the end of this stage the parents should be clear on exactly what it is they are being advised to do . |
| 30 | Most believers , it is likely , find it difficult much of the time even to remember what it is they are supposed to believe . |