Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 decide on the module type and subtype which it is to effect .
2 Where 's a , if you can get a I forget what it 's called now , they advertise in erm er is it Telegraph , Times it 's a newspaper which is just for jobs abroad .
3 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 .
4 When you meet someone it is called eyeballing .
5 ‘ And look what it 's called ! ’ said Mum , pointing to the nameplate .
6 Look what it 's doing to me !
7 Well it 's got to I think we 've , look what it 's doing to yourself
8 Sure , there are differences , they 've got this one-eyed machine and so on , but basically it 's the same thing , and we even tell them it 's going to end in the same way with the raft capsizing .
9 ‘ Now piss down my back and tell me it 's raining .
10 No I tell you it 's wasting my time it 's a known problem
11 you remember what it 's called ?
12 remember what it 's called ?
13 Do n't look surprised , Floyd , I know what it 's called .
14 I know what it 's called but I would like it
15 I know what I Know what it 's cost us for that weekend .
16 I said , ‘ I know what it 's trying to tell me .
17 Yeah , but we know where they 're getting it from , so we know what , we know what it 's costing them
18 ‘ I know what it 's doing , ’ he said .
19 Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement .
20 Well you know what it 's going to be like , it 's sort of a set piece each , each season
21 But I like to look at something and know what it 's saying , I mean what is , what is the canvas ‘ Blue on Black ’ actually saying ?
22 I 'm not gon na take it out again , I know what it 's gon na be like this one freeze it and re-thaw it do n't you ?
23 Well , you know what it is buying one yourself .
24 Men and women both know what it is to wake in the night and find fierce emotions pounding within them — desire or rage that is not allowed such free rein during the day .
25 I know what it is to lose one dearly loved . ’
26 His uncertainty principle ( discussed in detail in Chapter 5 ) says that if I know where an electron is I have no idea of what it is doing and , conversely , if I know what it is doing I do not know where it is .
27 Similarly the anglers that can control their terminal tackle , and not only that , but know what it is doing and what they are trying to do with it , with a greater degree of accuracy and confidence , will be winners .
28 Yeah , it 's a girl now we know what it is do n't we ?
29 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 .
30 Most writers of whatever kind know what it is to write and to discover in the process that someone else seems to be standing by .
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