Example sentences of "[coord] [Wh det] it is [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excuses not to do the work we think we might or should do , excuses not to be kind or considerate or whatever it is we feel we should be ? |
| 2 | But having done it , having completed the half a day or whatever it is we have , you know it 's not really a case of saying Right well that 's it . |
| 3 | It seems that this Andrée woman was the star turn there , won all the prizes , played all the parts , set the fashion or whatever it is they look up to at those girl schools , you should know . ’ |
| 4 | Like getting a wage packet again , instead of voting myself a salary as my own director or whatever it is they make me do . ’ |
| 5 | He used it as a chemical store once it had been deconsecrated or whatever it is they do to unused churches . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe next time Ellis will find me an undercover job that takes me to opium dens in Hong Kong , dusky maidens in Peru and shark-fishing amongst the coral reefs , or whatever it is they do there . ’ |
| 7 | Humans 'll come back and mend the wheels or whatever it is they do . ’ |
| 8 | So the builders have gone , and all the old biddies turn up in their Sunday best to say their Hail Marys , or whatever it is they do . |
| 9 | Or compute , or whatever it is you do . ’ |
| 10 | Go and buy some curtains or whatever it is you want . " |
| 11 | from tapes or whatever it is you hold on . |
| 12 | You 're wasted as a carpenter , or whatever it is you like to call yourself . |
| 13 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |
| 14 | Now shut your eyes or whatever it is you do . ’ |
| 15 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |
| 16 | Or whatever it is you know . |
| 17 | Or whatever it is I 'm trying to configure . |
| 18 | I perhaps have worked out , I need a clerical assistant and so forth , I might need a small van to actually take my widget on a Friday , to Widget , or Big Widget factory , or whatever it is I do with these widgets . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'll be busy , ’ said Robert , ‘ studying briefs , or whatever it is he does . ’ |
| 20 | COME , tell me how you live , and what it is you do ! ’ |
| 21 | In order to study effectively you need to start by being certain what it is you are studying , and what it is you want to learn . |
| 22 | Yeah and I was watching it on This Morning and what it is it 's because most things you 've got in your kitchen like myself are all tested on animals and they do n't label it |
| 23 | I mean in terms of hours of work and tea breaks and whatever it is you had , you know . |
| 24 | You be in charge as much as possible of your time , and whatever it is you 're going to do . |
| 25 | But whatever it is we decide to do , it must be continued in the long term . |
| 26 | ‘ But whatever it is I do n't think that I need it now . ’ |
| 27 | Hobbes does not tell us , but whatever it is it had better be something which a monkey does not have . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not sure of my plan yet but whatever it is you could help me if you want . ’ |
| 29 | But what it is it 's come in a great big pack package thing these two speakers . |