Example sentences of "[coord] whatever it is [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excuses not to do the work we think we might or should do , excuses not to be kind or considerate or whatever it is we feel we should be ? |
| 2 | But having done it , having completed the half a day or whatever it is we have , you know it 's not really a case of saying Right well that 's it . |
| 3 | It seems that this Andrée woman was the star turn there , won all the prizes , played all the parts , set the fashion or whatever it is they look up to at those girl schools , you should know . ’ |
| 4 | Like getting a wage packet again , instead of voting myself a salary as my own director or whatever it is they make me do . ’ |
| 5 | He used it as a chemical store once it had been deconsecrated or whatever it is they do to unused churches . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe next time Ellis will find me an undercover job that takes me to opium dens in Hong Kong , dusky maidens in Peru and shark-fishing amongst the coral reefs , or whatever it is they do there . ’ |
| 7 | Humans 'll come back and mend the wheels or whatever it is they do . ’ |
| 8 | So the builders have gone , and all the old biddies turn up in their Sunday best to say their Hail Marys , or whatever it is they do . |
| 9 | Or compute , or whatever it is you do . ’ |
| 10 | Go and buy some curtains or whatever it is you want . " |
| 11 | from tapes or whatever it is you hold on . |
| 12 | You 're wasted as a carpenter , or whatever it is you like to call yourself . |
| 13 | ‘ Forgive my asking , ’ she added , ‘ But are n't you wearing rather impractical gear for grubbing around in the earth or whatever it is you do ? ’ |
| 14 | Now shut your eyes or whatever it is you do . ’ |
| 15 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |
| 16 | Or whatever it is you know . |
| 17 | Or whatever it is I 'm trying to configure . |
| 18 | I perhaps have worked out , I need a clerical assistant and so forth , I might need a small van to actually take my widget on a Friday , to Widget , or Big Widget factory , or whatever it is I do with these widgets . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'll be busy , ’ said Robert , ‘ studying briefs , or whatever it is he does . ’ |
| 20 | I mean in terms of hours of work and tea breaks and whatever it is you had , you know . |
| 21 | You be in charge as much as possible of your time , and whatever it is you 're going to do . |
| 22 | But whatever it is we decide to do , it must be continued in the long term . |
| 23 | ‘ But whatever it is I do n't think that I need it now . ’ |
| 24 | Hobbes does not tell us , but whatever it is it had better be something which a monkey does not have . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not sure of my plan yet but whatever it is you could help me if you want . ’ |