Example sentences of "[v-ing] what it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She frowned , not knowing what it was she was looking for , then turned back , looking at him . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |