Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] it be [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I forget what it was you used to make old horse rasps into because for |
| 2 | Anyway , I now recall what it was I am about to tell you . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I never remember which it is you American girls prefer , my dear , coffee or tea — or is it chocolate ? |
| 5 | You now know who it is you want to impress . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So , erm , remember what it is you 're trying to achieve . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You know what it is I bet they 're pruning in the field |
| 11 | As long as know what it is I 'll do it when I get home . |
| 12 | And if you could pop in there , you know what it is I 'm |
| 13 | But , alas , madam , I do not in the present know what it is you are asking if I am seeing . ’ |
| 14 | Try and understand what it is they are looking for . |
| 15 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 18 | Feargal , I do n't in the least understand what it is you 're trying to find out . ’ |
| 19 | and I reckon what it is they spray the fields with all this stuff |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | If we , if we decide what it is we want to look at and there is a consensus on that and then you look at it over a period of time and see , and see what 's revealed by it . |
| 23 | If you are having a recruitment drive , decide what it is you want : 500 members in two years , 2,000 in five or whatever . |
| 24 | I mean it it 's it 's |
| 25 | So I mean it it was it was represented to me er and I felt that there was some logic in it that that this company would not be discussing this deal unless it felt it could make money out of it and that money in the end would have to come out of the local people here . |
| 26 | Yes they do they it 's it 's yeah they they liked to sort of erm I think they felt a bit shy in the beginning and yet you know |
| 27 | B I think what it is it 's purely because , in electronics or when you 're working out an equation , for a value for something else , |
| 28 | No I think what it is I understand it now but if you ask me in a couple of weeks |
| 29 | Erm I think what it is I think it 's a it 's a it 's a deal that 's should suit all parties . |
| 30 | well I like singing it , what I mean , I think what it is I 'm looking for the old , I 'm not being funny , I 'm looking for the old voice |