Example sentences of "[vb infin] what it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | The importance of these is that they make you think and help you recognise what it is that ‘ makes you tick ’ . |
| 2 | Do you know what it is , and where I can get one ? |
| 3 | And then you plunge into me , my spine shatters and floats in hyperspace , and I know — do n't know what it is , but it is . |
| 4 | BS is supposed to have complete scientific knowledge of V and his physical environment when V sees : yet BS does not know what it is like for V to see , what colours look like , etcetera . |
| 5 | Thus , one might characterize one 's grasp on the experience of seeming to see a red object as something is going on in me ( I do n't know what it is ) which is like what goes on when a red object is acting on my eyes ; or … like what goes on in me to make me behave in a red-object-appropriate way . |
| 6 | People like Niall , like Michael Morrissey , who do know what it is like to be poor and shat on , the bottom of the whole U.K. heap , they know I 'm nothing when they set eyes on me . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you know what it is ? ’ he enquired , wiping his mouth reflectively with the back of his hand . |
| 8 | D' you know what it is , that tune ? |
| 9 | Nonetheless , it is impossible to carry out a strategy if those who are meant to implement it do n't know what it is ! |
| 10 | Shall I ever know what it is to have had my fill ? |
| 11 | If there 's one thing worse than a poor singer , I do n't know what it is . … ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We just do n't know what it is , it is unbearable and I stopped twice before deciding to give up . |
| 13 | These boys do n't know what it is to go without , Mr McTavish . |
| 14 | The pity is that they are missing so much ; for instance , they will never know what it is like to fish a small stream , or any river except perhaps a sluggish canal-like one . |
| 15 | ‘ Do ye know what it is , Mr O'Malley , ’ he said , ‘ I seriously think we attach too much importance to this question of ages between man and wife . |
| 16 | I do not know what it is , nor do I greatly care . |
| 17 | The first was : ‘ I think you said something interesting , but I do n't know what it is . ’ |
| 18 | The conodont animal has been found , but we still do n't know what it is . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's something else and I do n't know what it is . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know what it is about dolphins , ’ said the leading lady of the entertainment show Give Us A Clue , ‘ but you just feel that they understand what you are going on about . |
| 21 | We still do n't know what it is we are up against , do we ? ’ |
| 22 | We do n't know what it is . |
| 23 | I do n't know what it is , but it 's brought all these Glories up here . |
| 24 | And I do n't know what it is . ’ |
| 25 | I just do n't know what it is yet . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know what it is about the ‘ 68 but as a Fender Jag it 's got a real thin sound . |
| 27 | An activity is decided upon by your PP , but you do not know what it is . |
| 28 | We do not yet know what it is in a homoeopathic potency that has a curative action , nor do we know how homoeopathic remedies work in the body any more than we know the mechanisms of action of many of the conventional drugs used in medicine . |
| 29 | He complained about Tory colleagues : ‘ They do n't know what it is to run out of money at the end of the week . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know what it is . ’ |