Example sentences of "what it be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been very hard for years , and now , to be back here , you do n't know what it is for me . |
| 2 | Nor is it necessary to know any of x 's relational properties in order to understand what it is for it to be round-shaped or metal . |
| 3 | Other than that , I ca n't see what it is about her that is so dreadful suddenly , but the tone of disappointment and warning in my mother 's voice does get through to me . |
| 4 | talk about , I do n't know what it is about her I do n't like her , very often I sort of she , to me she 's sarcastic , the way , the way she 's talking to you there 's sarcasm there all the time , you know , like |
| 5 | Can you say what it is about them that threatens you ? |
| 6 | I do n't know what it is about it , but I find I have the urge to sit here and enjoy it . |
| 7 | THE BEATMASTERS FEATURING ELAINE VASSELL : Du n no What It is About You BOMB THE BASS : Keep Giving Me Love |
| 8 | At least — at least — I do n't know what it is about you , Miss Abbott , but you make me want to bare my soul to you — I did have a wife once , years ago , when I was very young , but she left me , not I her , to live with someone else . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know what it is with me and my left foot … |
| 10 | I 've smoked for over fifteen years , and it has become , it 's something to do with my hands and I think that 's what it is with me . |
| 11 | No , she said she gets arthritis in hers and I expect that 's what it is with mine . |
| 12 | mm , well that 's what it is in it ? , that 's what it is |
| 13 | What it is in it for me ? |
| 14 | Yeah , yeah , what it , what it was on them ones |
| 15 | I think a lot of people get carried away with the occasion and it 's actually supposed to be a very romantic day , and , you know , that 's what it was for me . |
| 16 | For what it was worth I asked her if she knew of a Ewen Mackay who might once have lived at Otters ' Bay , but she shook her head |
| 17 | She did n't really know what it was about him which made her go pale whenever they met and kept her awake at night longing . |
| 18 | Lucy Lane wondered , not for the first time , what it was about him that encouraged people to talk ; sometimes it was almost as though he was n't there . |