Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , actually I like to you do n't say much but when you say it it 's nothing . |
| 2 | I forget what it was you used to make old horse rasps into because for |
| 3 | Anyway , I now recall what it was I am about to tell you . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I felt a perverse , and entirely unfair , urge to bang their heads together and tell them it was their duty to be depressed and scruffy like me . |
| 6 | I said , but like you tell me it 's your life , mm |
| 7 | Tell me it 's someone else , tell me it was just someone that looked like you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I never remember which it is you American girls prefer , my dear , coffee or tea — or is it chocolate ? |
| 9 | You now know who it is you want to impress . |
| 10 | ‘ Tell him it 's my order . |
| 11 | Tell him it is my command , or he wo n't come . ’ |
| 12 | and it jerked me , but she said it 's a muscle been pulled and it 's , it keeps spasm so she said er , could of been nasty , said I dare n't tell him , cos I says if I tell him it was his fault , I says he 'll never give me another ride , it 's again Thursday night coming back , and his car , you know the car kept , bump , bump , bump , bump , bump |
| 13 | If I tell her it was I who was responsible for my wife 's death , she 'll turn away from me in horror and disgust . |
| 14 | So , erm , remember what it is you 're trying to achieve . |
| 15 | Gradually , each successive shot brings us closer to the action and eventually to the actions of individuals , allowing us to see their expressions and hear whatever it is they are saying to each other . |
| 16 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
| 17 | Cos I know what it is myself with I mean , they 're different ages but , and they 're independent but it 's wearing . |
| 18 | You know what it is I bet they 're pruning in the field |
| 19 | As long as know what it is I 'll do it when I get home . |
| 20 | And if you could pop in there , you know what it is I 'm |
| 21 | But , alas , madam , I do not in the present know what it is you are asking if I am seeing . ’ |
| 22 | Try and understand what it is they are looking for . |
| 23 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 24 | Understand what it is we are trying to achieve by cutting off a lot of top growth , and the where , when and how of it lose much of the mystery . |
| 25 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 26 | Feargal , I do n't in the least understand what it is you 're trying to find out . ’ |
| 27 | and then find what it 's what we can do to stop it triggering and carrying that reaction on and on and on and on or turning it back . |
| 28 | and I reckon what it is they spray the fields with all this stuff |
| 29 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them and produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 30 | ‘ In a society where the image has virtually taken over every aspect of life , people are tired of having someone else decide what it is they will see . |