Example sentences of "or 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 . ’ |