Example sentences of "what it 's [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not because it 's feeding everyone , if you look closely , what it 's probably doing is checking how much food is in their gullets . |
| 2 | So one does n't know er exactly what it 's like to do it . |
| 3 | I 'm going , for work experience I 'm going to Saxted Ministry up there hopefully to see what it 's like looking after children you know , like a nursery and everything . |
| 4 | I know what it 's like trying to get alcohol out of your clothes . |
| 5 | Well I feel it 's the right of every woman that wants a baby to know what it 's like to hold her own baby in her own arms . |
| 6 | Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills . |
| 7 | I myself know only too well what it 's like to have a car stolen , so as a car is one of our most valuable possessions , it pays to take care of it at all times . |
| 8 | I 'm I 'd like to know what it 's like running Oxford City Council when , and I 'm sure you think you 're doing an good job and many people probably do think you 're a good job , but there are lots of issues that need discussing . |
| 9 | I know what it 's like to struggle to pay . |
| 10 | I said a bit but oh I do n't know , you know what it 's like do n't you ? |
| 11 | Erm , the agency has considered a paper on this as is referred to in the final paragraph , what it 's basically suggesting to the Department of the Environment and the Home Office is , is that a formula is based upon the supply factors er , such as the , the number of fire stations and standard crew levels etcetera . |
| 12 | I 've forgotten what it 's bloody called now ? |
| 13 | TI says it has switched to a 0.7-micron process from 0.8 , and will be analysing product from every angle before it makes any declarations as to what it 's really getting . |
| 14 | With the video you can really appreciate what we do , what it 's really like , because you have the sound , you can almost smell it . |
| 15 | Two partners told ACCOUNTANCY what it 's really like |
| 16 | I know I 'll never know what it 's really like . ’ |
| 17 | If we 're going to stick by the principle outlined above of keeping close to the centre of the action , we 'll need to meet the dragon in the drama , to find out what it 's really like , maybe to persuade it to come and melt an iceberg for drinking water . |
| 18 | He seemed to have a solid grasp of what it 's really like to live in one of these estates . |
| 19 | A COMIC behind-the-scenes look at what it 's really like to run for President in the United States is offered in Feed ( BBC-2 , 11.55pm ) . |
| 20 | It was a bitter summary of their unhappy affair , but compunction ensued , because it was n't Luke 's fault that he could n't love her , even if he had no right to despise her , so she added neutrally , ‘ There 's a Chinese tea-house or tea-garden — I 'm not sure what it 's really called — not far from here that intrigues me , and I 've been wanting to go and find out what it 's all about ever since I first passed it . |
| 21 | The film looks at the domestic horse 's herd instincts , translates what it 's really trying to signal to us , and explains the natural behaviours exploited in horses on sentry duty , in dressage or in the rodeo . |
| 22 | Well the spirit reveals it to you , that 's what it 's really saying is n't it ? |
| 23 | That 's what it 's really saying is n't it ? |
| 24 | And what it 's actually to do is is to do with this National Standards and Indicators that have been written for the careers service . |
| 25 | I ca n't get into the mind of some of the present batch of legislators , because they do n't seem to think thinks out logically , but what it 's actually done , or what it 's trying to do , is to make it very difficult to have an education system that is properly thought out , properly resourced and properly organized for the benefit of everybody and not just one or two people , and that 's one of the difficulties and that 's the difficulty that we any Local Authority is faced with . |
| 26 | But what it 's actually doing is prompting management to think . |
| 27 | It 's very easy then of course to punish the person er who communicates that with you er which ultimately can can er totally divorce an organisation from the reality of what it 's actually doing so that kind of philosophy , very destructive in terms of er effective communication . |