Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] what it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smell it what it is . |
| 2 | It it 's so measure measure the gradient of that and tell me what it is . |
| 3 | Now tell me what it is about your eidetic ability that is causing you so much distress . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Look , Jannie , ’ he said reasonably , following her back to the kitchen , ‘ just tell me what it is you 're going on about . |
| 5 | Right then , after this whiney noise , tell me what it is . ’ |
| 6 | " Please tell me what it is then . |
| 7 | Take five minutes and tell me what it is you want me to do for Lynx . |
| 8 | Will you open up to me and tell me what it is that 's made you hide your heart away for so long ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Tell me what it is you wish to say . |
| 10 | Then , exasperated by her own confusion , and the fact that they seemed to be going round in circles , Ellie demanded , ‘ Feargal , just tell me what it is you want to know — what , in fact , we 're supposed to be talking about ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Now look here , if you have a message then tell me what it is . |
| 12 | ‘ Look at me , and tell me what it is you want me to do , cara . ’ |
| 13 | Tell me what it is and just possibly I might believe you . ’ |
| 14 | Tell you what it is . |
| 15 | They are that they are that , because I tell you what it is , I do n't know |
| 16 | you 'll probably say well that is does n't er quite ring a bell , because you 've never used it and you can not use it until I tell you what it is |
| 17 | No , I tell you what it is , it 's the light , it 's too dim . |
| 18 | When the child does what you want , tell him what it is he has done that has earned your praise — for example , ‘ That was good of you to tidy up your toys . |
| 19 | Tell us what it is you did , and how it befell . ’ |
| 20 | If that is not a tax on the sick , will the Prime Minister tell us what it is ? |
| 21 | Two erm can you think of an alternative title tell us what it is about . |
| 22 | Ask her what it is . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The imponderables of the race make it what it is , a graveyard for favourites for a start , and if Old Applejack goes to the line at 50–1 it can be persuasively argued that he is a better bet than Cool Ground at 6–1 . |