Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] it be [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It makes me feel insecure — not understanding what it is they want so much . |
| 2 | He discovered , for example , that laboratory technicians at Fawley were carrying out chemical tests without really understanding what it was they were doing . |
| 3 | This involves deciding what it is you are looking for before you start general reading , and , equally important , assessing why you need to read particular works or sources you intend to consult . |
| 4 | No doubt she was wondering what it was he expected to find . |
| 5 | His osteopath had premises near Regent 's Park and all the way Berg kept apologizing for all the trouble he was causing and Rain kept assuring him it was none at all . |
| 6 | Write a letter to its Publicity Department requesting a visit and stating what it is you want to see and what you are hoping to find out . |
| 7 | Next Wed 's possible visit to London — there 'll probably be a train strike that day , so maybe we should think of alternative ways of getting whatever it is you want me to bring down to you on another day ? |
| 8 | ‘ You know , Comrade Andropov is getting ready for the Party Congress , so he can not receive you at the moment , but you can make a detailed written statement of everything , saying who it is you suspect , and so on and so forth ’ . |
| 9 | It implies describing carefully the nature , extent and implications of any problems prior to intervention ; saying what it is you might do to alter these and why it would be beneficial to try ; describing how best this might be brought about ; saying in advance what kinds of public test might be applied to support the view that something worthwhile has been achieved ; pursuing a solution , and then defending the results against criticism from peers ( Sheldon , 1986 , p. 224 ) . |
| 10 | I vaguely recall writing down the codes months ago and losing whatever it was I wrote them on . |
| 11 | INVESTORS , traders , bankers and managers often operate with only a partial model in mind about why they are doing whatever it is they are doing , and what principles lie behind it . |
| 12 | He is employed doing whatever it is he does by a Bank whose caring dirigeants wear pin-striped underpants and will look after him until he retires . |
| 13 | But she was around the house long enough for me to figure out that whatever arguments she has with herself , at the end of the day she will find some really crackerjack reason for doing whatever it is she wanted to do anyway . |
| 14 | She would hiss , cluck and even stick out her tongue — anything to deter the cat from doing whatever it was she thought the cat was plotting to do . |
| 15 | ‘ Without knowing what it is I ca n't say — and it 's not something I can rush because the girl wo n't talk if she 's frightened , or she 'll talk but not tell us the truth . |
| 16 | Since he had caught sight of the Summoner , he had not liked to watch the resettlers pouring through into Utah , knowing what it was they were really following . |
| 17 | She frowned , not knowing what it was she was looking for , then turned back , looking at him . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah , but I should have acted six years ago , I should have taken you then when you were vulnerable in your confusion — as I supposed — involved with a recently married man , presumably for the first time , and not knowing what it was you felt for me because you were so sure Jones was all you wanted . |
| 19 | Though he did not know it , and never would , he was looking at the blazing jet-pipe of Colonel Bowers ' F-15 Eagle as both men raced on different missions towards the British capital , neither man knowing what it was he carried . |
| 20 | It 's talking me it 's my influence . |
| 21 | Dressed in flowing trousers and a tunic of billowing rose — they let her have clothes , now , providing she chose them herself by drawing what it was she wanted — she spent hours sitting at the table in the artificial sun over the balcony , the day 's book-cube dangling forgotten from her fingers . |
| 22 | Fancy telling them it 's me no wonder it 's going to put off . |
| 23 | Ari , rubbing her bruises , had limped over to Nathan who was weeping uncontrollably , telling everyone it was his fault . |
| 24 | Leaving whoever it was he 'd been talking to , he started towards her . |
| 25 | I 'm not telling him it was mine . |
| 26 | And if anyone should be accused of following anybody it 's you ! |
| 27 | We could n't help but notice that some of the coverage following whatever it was we were witness to at UniForum referred to it as ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 28 | We could n't help but notice that some of the coverage following whatever it was we were witness to at Uniforum referred to it as ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |