Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But , ’ she might have added , ‘ we do not know who it is who helps Raynor , for he does not come to us . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It was rather touching that when I told him who the other members of the cast were — Ian Richardson , Zena Walker and Freddie Jones — he said : ‘ Do they know who it is who 's playing the character ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do you know who it was who was with the target ? ’ |
| 4 | er it 's always been er guaranteed i.e. if a customer was not satisfied , then one hundred percent we will rectify whatever it is they 're not satisfied with . |
| 5 | We still do n't know what it is we are up against , do we ? ’ |
| 6 | You may be fumbling in the dark — both literally and metaphorically -but you might as well know what it is you might find ! |
| 7 | And she resisted finding out , in the way that other girls she had known kept themselves in deliberate ignorance of such things as impregnation , in the unarticulated hope that if they did n't know what it was it could n't happen to them . |
| 8 | I still did n't know what it was he was trying to tell me |
| 9 | The jeweller did n't know what it was my father showed him . |
| 10 | The stench from it filled our cell , making us feel nauseous and apprehensive that we , too , might catch whatever it was they were suffering from . |
| 11 | A friend who had a key let herself in and called upstairs , but I did n't want anyone to come into the bedroom because they might catch whatever it was I had . |
| 12 | But do n't matter what it is everything is increasing in speed . |
| 13 | Then — if you still wish — you can do whatever it was you came here to do . ’ |
| 14 | The question she was avoiding was whether Miss Fergusson might not have been the instrument of her own precipitation , in order to achieve or confirm whatever it was she wanted to achieve or confirm . |
| 15 | I ca n't remember who it was who said that a squirrel was nothing more than a rat with good PR but how right they were ! |
| 16 | She sniffed , and smiled a bit , but not too much because if there is one thing worse than someone who does n't understand you it 's someone who understands perfectly , before you 've had a chance to have a good pout about not being understood . |
| 17 | I think we have to wait and see what it is they announce . ’ |
| 18 | What the Russians want is technical help and equipment , now our own industry is in decline er yes , particularly in machine tool industry , and I think the first thing we should do is to go over there and see what it is they actually needed , what they actually need right now , er one of your previous er correspondence , er speaker turned round and said well they 've got half finished buildings and things like that , I mean er , people have got to be put to work because people in co-ordinate employment is the only source of real wealth , but the market economy is n't interested in promoting real wealth , I mean it 's only interested in what it can get out of an economy not what it gives . |
| 19 | I still do n't really see what it is you 're getting at though . ’ |
| 20 | The track felt soft and slithery but in the dark she could n't see what it was she was stepping on . |
| 21 | The carbonate I ca n't remember what it is I 'm getting confused I |
| 22 | So the other one is I do n't remember what it is I wanted but I think I 'll go in to erm and erm |
| 23 | Cos it 's not a Polo , it 's a Jetta , it 's the one with the boot but if you ca n't remember what it is you can either , did you know the difference between a car with a boot and a car with a hatchback ? |
| 24 | I do n't understand what it is you want , or what you have to do with Spiderglass , or even how you got me away from them . |
| 25 | And they started that and they were sent out to this big villa and er that was the first time I had seen a continental headboard and er we could n't understand what it was you know . |
| 26 | ‘ Miss Swift , I can assure you it was your imagination . ’ |
| 27 | Remember that you are your own best critic and only you can finally decide what it is you wanted to say . |
| 28 | So you , what you 've got to do , is to think of ways in which you can translate the technicalities into simple language that other , that ordinary people can understand and appreciate what it is you 're doing and why it 's important . |
| 29 | Yes , it 's open Mondays to Fridays , from quarter to nine through to quarter to five , and anyone can just walk in and we 'll do our best to help them produce whatever it is they want to see , providing we 've got it and we can find it . |
| 30 | Dear Catriona I could guess you probably worked this out a long time ago but I might as well get it over with once and for all and I finally managed to summon up the courage to do so , A S A , a secret admirer , no longer exists , he no longer admires secret or otherwise and has n't existed for almost a year now and again you probably know who he is but I might as well tell you it 's me Johnny the eleven year old , now fourteen , you met at Christmas ninety and boy do I feel stupid . |