Example sentences of "it what " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it what is on the glass , or what is on the glass plus what is seen through the glass , or just the glass itself ? |
| 2 | It was the ‘ small ’ things at Uppark that Meg saved and cherished that made it what it so uniquely was — the chair covers , the blankets Prinny pulled up to the portly royal chin , the original wallpapers in the attics where this quiet , remarkable woman worked to such effect . |
| 3 | Then the Yeti suddenly produced all these blues — speed , amphetamine , call it what you like . |
| 4 | I took from it what I liked — just as John later added safety pins to his jackets and T-shirts . |
| 5 | They took from it what they felt they could handle — or wanted to handle , or could put to some use — and rejected the rest . |
| 6 | Read into it what you will : industrial fable , feminist tract , family psychodrama or a sly portrait of the modern Iron Lady . |
| 7 | IT IS sometimes difficult to remember that company directors are merely the custodians of their shareholders ' money , rather than the owners of the business free to do with it what they will . |
| 8 | He comforted himself that his wife , being foreign , had just repeated the phrase parrot-fashion and did n't mean by it what he would have meant . |
| 9 | But also there is a magnetism , a gravitational force or curvature of space , call it what they will , an attraction between them . |
| 10 | Call it what you like . |
| 11 | ‘ Call it what you like , but at least I do n't get beaten black and blue . ’ |
| 12 | It picked its way forward a couple of mincing steps , dragging behind it what looked like a gigantic bunch of dried up old herbs . |
| 13 | No self-respecting working educational body , much as it may desire to retain close and friendly relations with the Board ( of Education ) , Universities , etc. , can go on being hampered in its work by the increasing number of organisations concerned either telling it what to do , what it should not do , or advising it in both these directions … there is a grave danger of our movement ultimately being strangled by our friends . |
| 14 | Not only can we write to the Trust telling it what we like or dislike , but any ten of us can propose Members ' Resolutions at our AGM making recommendations to the Council on matters of concern . |
| 15 | Is n't it what we all want ? ’ |
| 16 | Indeed , one of the characters even goes so far as to advocate an aleatory literature which , abandoning all pretence of saying anything , would provide the reader with dice and a random list of words and leave him/her to make of it what he/she may . |
| 17 | Finally , an emotional attachment or special friendship — call it what you will — can only go from strength to strength now , and in this respect , October should have a fairytale ending . |
| 18 | The good news is that the most common infestation , by the woodworm — or anobium punctatum or furniture beetle , call it what you will — can be treated , so long as it has not gone too far into the timbers , at a cost of a few hundred pounds . |
| 19 | Is it what you want anyway ? |
| 20 | At this level , we are dealing with vibration , energy — call it what you will . |
| 21 | No , those roots demand bully-boy tactics ; the chub given no quarter ; make or break ; muck or nettles ; call it what you will . |
| 22 | Usually , however , the painful lump comes to a head , and there is relief when the pus bursts out , carrying with it what is left of the invading bacteria . |
| 23 | Skin the turkey breast and lay it what would have been skin-side down on the table . |
| 24 | ‘ I do not know , but the red lion is not the Lord Bruce nor indeed his son , the Earl of Carrick but actually refers to Carrick 's son , Bruce 's grandson , a boy of twelve , ’ Thomas sniffed as if to say , ‘ Make of it what you wish . ’ |
| 25 | Come to think of it what can be more Irish ? |
| 26 | He takes what we make available to him and makes out of it what he will . |
| 27 | The Ercoupe/Aircoupe , call it what you like , is a simple , safe , sturdy and economical little two-seater that flies nicely , wo n't break the bank to buy or operate , and could , with a bit of arm-twisting at CAA and PFA headquarters , go on to a Permit to Fly — especially the older versions . |
| 28 | Towards virtue , morality , uprightness , order : call it what one liked . |
| 29 | ‘ Call it what th'likes . |
| 30 | It 's not really an all-rounder 's instrument , as over-application of a flatpick can reveal some boxy and harsh overtones , but without those same qualities the guitar would lack the fast , bright response and the bounce and snap that make it what it is . |