Example sentences of "[adv] what it be [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what it is they 're saying |
| 2 | However , for us to improve our ability to control corporate crime , it is first necessary to grasp just what it is we might want to control . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Having Goldberg in the room with it , as he has been in my life since that first day at college , made me grasp clearly , for the first time , just what it is I have been after , he wrote . |
| 5 | ‘ Bring her in to me , I 'll soon sort out just what it is she wants , ’ Emily said , rising to her feet and shaking the creases from her crinoline gown . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At the end of this stage the parents should be clear on exactly what it is they are being advised to do . |
| 8 | Like UK language schools , ELT publishers , particularly the smaller ones , may need to examine exactly what it is they have to offer . |
| 9 | Jay , however , is less forthcoming when it comes to defining exactly what it is he and his colleagues at Talkin' Loud are looking for . |
| 10 | Yep , that just about sums up what we do on the way to the cairn , hence the use of the word climb in trying to convey to a companion exactly what it is you expect them to do when they get out of the car . |
| 11 | Finish by recapping exactly what it is you are going to do as a result of the telephone conversation . |
| 12 | ‘ You even get a bed , until you decide exactly what it is you want to do from here . |
| 13 | Your first priority is to identify exactly what it is you are trying to achieve with your golf swing . |
| 14 | ‘ And I still ca n't work out exactly what it is you do … ’ |
| 15 | just exactly what it is you want to think about |
| 16 | And I knew exactly what it was you they were talking about ! |
| 17 | Edwina Currie had rejected his advances ( ‘ What sort of girl do you think I am ? ’ ) while Emma Nicholson had not caught exactly what it was he had proposed . |
| 18 | ‘ Can you do something for me ? ’ she asked without preamble , and went on to explain quickly what it was she wanted done . |
| 19 | Well I think that rather depends on saying fairly concisely what it is we mean by science . |
| 20 | Well I think that rather depends on saying fairly concisely what it is we mean by science . |
| 21 | As long as you put clearly what it is you 're putting in . |
| 22 | Can I just say in , in relation to your comment , I understand clearly what it is you 're saying , but what we 're saying is , how is the best way to present a press release ? |
| 23 | Well what it is you 've used it all last year have n't you ? |
| 24 | But er well what it is I 've got a mouth problem . |
| 25 | He looked at me as if he was now wondering quite what it was he had invited into his home . |
| 26 | Rarely will they define precisely what it is they wish to find out about dinosaurs or railways , etc . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's what you get in this house , ’ he said , without explaining precisely what it was you got . |
| 28 | She was a scold — whenever she was near him he felt in the wrong and wondered anxiously what it was he ought to have done . |