Example sentences of "[vb base] what it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other morning , earlier on in the week , the phone rings quarter too six , you know , it takes a while does n't it before you realise what it is ? |
| 2 | The penalty for terminating a betrothal contract without good reason is — I forget what it is — ’ |
| 3 | Knowst what it is ? |
| 4 | Imagine what it is like to sit through a meeting , go to the theatre or try to follow a further education class if it is essential to see the speaker 's face in order to understand what is said . |
| 5 | It 's exhausting enough for you ; imagine what it is like for someone who is n't used to your kids . |
| 6 | But imagine what it is to live in a country where there is no safety net , just a rubber mat to break your fall , and then even that is pulled out of the way . |
| 7 | If we examine what it is one participant is ready to see that other participants might read into a situation and what it is that will cause him to provide ritual remedies , followed by relief for these efforts , we find ourselves looking at the central moral traditions of Western culture . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Another related reason may be that it is not at all clear what it is that is transmitted during inter-hemispheric transfer . |
| 10 | The theories that have guided these insights into the mechanisms of psychotic and creative thought do not , of course , specify what it is about the brain that might account for the differences observed in schizophrenic and schizotypal individuals . |
| 11 | When you are sleepy the muscles around your eyes relax and your vision may become blurred — remember what it is like sitting and listening to a boring speaker and how difficult it is to focus clearly upon him . |
| 12 | So , erm , remember what it is you 're trying to achieve . |
| 13 | Well if you remember what it is , let me know and I 'll buy the shopping from them and that is an influence for me . |
| 14 | Just remember what it is . |
| 15 | Just remember what it is |
| 16 | But , alas , madam , I do not in the present know what it is you are asking if I am seeing . ’ |
| 17 | In Liverpool , a dockers ' spokesman with the Transport and General Workers Union admitted : ‘ Drivers are n't happy handling some of these commodities , but at least a lorry-driver has more idea of what he is handling than a docker , who could have a consignment and just not know what it is . ’ |
| 18 | The Seattle Seahawks know what it is like following their game in October . |
| 19 | I know what it is to be alone , to fear death , I know and she is unaware that I know , and yet I have to go to her , I have to leave the safety of my room . |
| 20 | teams know what it is like to play in a school for educationally sub-normal children who can not ( or do not want to ) distinguish between the ‘ baddy ’ character and the actor — who finds himself molested as he retreats to his car after the show ! |
| 21 | Today we know what it is to be ‘ professionalized ’ , experts at our job . |
| 22 | I do n't know if you know what it is to work every day as if your life depended on it , to work until you feel you are going to bust a gut , until you want to cry or howl at yourself because your own body is so stubborn . |
| 23 | ‘ D'yeh know what it is , Myles . |
| 24 | ‘ D'ye know what it is , ’ he growled , ‘ a few years in the army would do some of those boyos a power of good . |
| 25 | Keep a sample of the plant or seed that you suspect , even if you think you know what it is — and especially if you do n't . |
| 26 | I know what it is , ’ I screamed at them . |
| 27 | If two of the family are chatting about something special , perhaps they could do it another time or alternatively make absolutely sure that you know what it is all about . |
| 28 | I think I know what it is , but I can hardly believe it . ’ |
| 29 | I was always doing landscapes outside ; so I know what it is to be working out in the field in December at six o'clock in the morning . |
| 30 | I know what it is to lose one dearly loved . ’ |