Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh det] it is [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before you can make , you have to know what it is you are making . |
| 2 | ‘ The conference is waiting to discover what it is she intends to do , now that she has finally arrived in Brighton . ’ |
| 3 | Most believers , it is likely , find it difficult much of the time even to remember what it is they are supposed to believe . |
| 4 | This short book was written to help teachers and student teachers interested in researching what happens in their classrooms to identify what it is they want to investigate and the most appropriate way of setting about it . |
| 5 | Never would I wish to do whatever it is they do — nobody would ! |
| 6 | Erm but again you have got to decide what it is you want out of your retirement because you 're the boss and it 's no good moaning when you 're into your retirement that it does n't suit you because you 've planned it , you 've made the decisions and therefore it 's up to you to alter whatever you do n't like . |
| 7 | All three features are designed to convey that Henry is not just looking at the roots but reflecting on them and struggling to think what it is they bring to mind . |
| 8 | ‘ But then , ’ she said , ‘ when you try to think what it is you 've got hold of , it 's not very easy to say . ’ |
| 9 | I was just going to eat whatever it is they have and then go to sleep . |
| 10 | During a meeting yesterday , Mrs Aquino told her cabinet ‘ to take a long , hard look at ourselves in order to see what it is we did wrong and what else needs to be done so we can all benefit from this tragic experience in our lives ’ . |
| 11 | During a meeting yesterday , Mrs Aquino told her cabinet ‘ to take a long , hard look at ourselves in order to see what it is we did wrong and what else needs to be done so we can all benefit from this tragic experience in our lives ’ . |
| 12 | I find myself looking over my shoulder to see what it is they 're looking at that way . |
| 13 | Since they look a little strange when X-Rayed , security may open your case to see what it is you have in there . |
| 14 | There are some people who obviously come at the weekend more to see whatever it is we 're showing . |
| 15 | And I would be grateful if you could get up there and tell that oaf Duncan to stop whatever it is he is doing ! ’ |
| 16 | We do not have to specify what it is we want to any analyst who in turn specifies it to a programmer who then writes a program . |
| 17 | If you stop trying to become whatever it is you are trying to become and instead have the feeling that you are what you are , and this is the moment — your struggle stops . |
| 18 | He 's got to say this is what he 's trying to do in order to gain what it is he 's trying to gain . |