Example sentences of "[vb infin] what it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We still do n't know what it is we are up against , do we ? ’ |
| 2 | You may be fumbling in the dark — both literally and metaphorically -but you might as well know what it is you might find ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I still did n't know what it was he was trying to tell me |
| 5 | The jeweller did n't know what it was my father showed him . |
| 6 | But do n't matter what it is everything is increasing in speed . |
| 7 | I think we have to wait and see what it is they announce . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I still do n't really see what it is you 're getting at though . ’ |
| 10 | The track felt soft and slithery but in the dark she could n't see what it was she was stepping on . |
| 11 | The carbonate I ca n't remember what it is I 'm getting confused I |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Remember that you are your own best critic and only you can finally decide what it is you wanted to say . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But the gabble was such that the child could n't distinguish what it was they wanted , until the old woman cried , ‘ No candy rock today ! 'T IS all gone , all gone , ’ at which , one after the other , the children , as if at a signal , stopped gabbling and took up the chant : ‘ Raggie Aggie ! |
| 19 | To this day I can not recall what it was I said to him . |
| 20 | One has to try and explain what it is we are about and why we 're doing it and , if necessary , perhaps point out a few distinctions that may exist , for instance , between the professional and the amateur scene , not that I like using those words because I think they 're fraught with all sort of potential misunderstandings . |
| 21 | I mean that the novel has always given the impression that third person narration can narrate what it is I am feeling . |
| 22 | I ca n't imagine what it is you want . ’ |
| 23 | Always ask yourself ‘ Do they say what it is you are trying to make clear to the student ? ’ |