Example sentences of "know [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 | Even if she did claim to know who it was we 'd find it difficult to convince a judge , without far more proof than I have at the moment . ’ |
5 | When she called Nahum to know who it was he did n't answer , and it was almost a week before she recognized Elizabeth Bradford . |
6 | Before you can make , you have to know what it is you are making . |
7 | It would have been invaluable to know what it was they really wanted from their association with the Ping Tiao . |
8 | He did n't seem to know what it was himself , but she knew that it could n't be love , and if it was n't love then none of the other possibilities mattered . |
9 | and I 'd want to know what it was you were going to shed . |
10 | We still do n't know what it is we are up against , do we ? ’ |
11 | You may be fumbling in the dark — both literally and metaphorically -but you might as well know what it is you might find ! |
12 | 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 . |
13 | I still did n't know what it was he was trying to tell me |
14 | The jeweller did n't know what it was my father showed him . |
15 | You now know who it is you want to impress . |
16 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
17 | Cos I know what it is myself with I mean , they 're different ages but , and they 're independent but it 's wearing . |
18 | You know what it is I bet they 're pruning in the field |
19 | As long as know what it is I 'll do it when I get home . |
20 | And if you could pop in there , you know what it is I 'm |
21 | But , alas , madam , I do not in the present know what it is you are asking if I am seeing . ’ |
22 | If I 'd known what it was I would have chopped up that snow-plough before the snows arrived . ’ |
23 | And she knew who it was they were discussing . |
24 | ‘ I only wish I knew who it was who gave it to her , because this person could have destroyed her career . ’ |
25 | He said of course I scampered through these bull rushes , they never saw me they never caught me and they never ever knew who it was who 'd done it , see . |
26 | ‘ Without knowing what it is I ca n't say — and it 's not something I can rush because the girl wo n't talk if she 's frightened , or she 'll talk but not tell us the truth . |
27 | Since he had caught sight of the Summoner , he had not liked to watch the resettlers pouring through into Utah , knowing what it was they were really following . |
28 | She frowned , not knowing what it was she was looking for , then turned back , looking at him . |
29 | ‘ Ah , but I should have acted six years ago , I should have taken you then when you were vulnerable in your confusion — as I supposed — involved with a recently married man , presumably for the first time , and not knowing what it was you felt for me because you were so sure Jones was all you wanted . |
30 | Though he did not know it , and never would , he was looking at the blazing jet-pipe of Colonel Bowers ' F-15 Eagle as both men raced on different missions towards the British capital , neither man knowing what it was he carried . |