Example sentences of "[vb base] what 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 | So , erm , remember what it is you 're trying to achieve . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You know what it is I bet they 're pruning in the field |
| 7 | As long as know what it is I 'll do it when I get home . |
| 8 | And if you could pop in there , you know what it is I 'm |
| 9 | But , alas , madam , I do not in the present know what it is you are asking if I am seeing . ’ |
| 10 | Try and understand what it is they are looking for . |
| 11 | They become homophobic long before they understand what it is they fear . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 14 | Feargal , I do n't in the least understand what it is you 're trying to find out . ’ |
| 15 | and I reckon what it is they spray the fields with all this stuff |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If you are having a recruitment drive , decide what it is you want : 500 members in two years , 2,000 in five or whatever . |
| 19 | 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 , |
| 20 | No I think what it is I understand it now but if you ask me in a couple of weeks |
| 21 | Erm I think what it is I think it 's a it 's a it 's a deal that 's should suit all parties . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | How can it help me do my job ? point of view the reason is that it can help you do your job is very simply that to involve members of the public er local councils , local authorities , decision makers and allows the outcome to , to erm entertain them and to erm hope for and communicate what it is they 'll come erm in a non-threatening , non-selling , non-hard sell environment where they can come along , they can enjoy themselves and go away and form their own opinions without somebody over the head with what they 're try to sa trying to do erm |
| 24 | That way you see what it was you liked in the first place , and you see it fresh and clean again — like new . |
| 25 | Well could n't , could she , could she just go back one page and let's us see what it was she wants . |
| 26 | You discover what it is you have to say in the process of saying it . |
| 27 | When I discover what it is I 'll let you know . ’ |
| 28 | Make sure that you contact your local manager and explain what it is you can do . |