Example sentences of "what be it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Without women , life is a pub , a reptile bar at a quarter to three Have you noticed , you guys , the way black or blue or red underpants stay clean for days on end , whereas white underpants — what is it with white underpants ? |
| 2 | What is it with these Iranians and their second sight ? |
| 3 | What is it with these Iranians ? |
| 4 | What is it with this guy , I thought , I did n't go near any bloody butter . |
| 5 | ‘ What is it with this Skinner ? ’ asked Anne . |
| 6 | ‘ What is it about that ship ? |
| 7 | From the second point of view , the central issue would not be ‘ What is it about black children that causes them to fail ? ’ but ‘ What is wrong with an educational system that produces failure and does not recognize the cultural distinctiveness of black people , whether West Indian or Asian ? ’ |
| 8 | What is it about any situation that stops you succeeding ? |
| 9 | What is it about this course which helps you to learn ? |
| 10 | But what is it about these forms of thought that is ‘ idealist ’ ? |
| 11 | What is it about these lads that excites teenagers ? |
| 12 | Incidentally , what is it about old railway earthworks that one finds attractive ? |
| 13 | What is it in everyday life ? |
| 14 | What was it with these women ? |
| 15 | What was it with this guy ? |
| 16 | And what was it about golden hair ? |
| 17 | What was it about unashamed luxury , Harriet sometimes asked herself , which made her feel so uncomfortable ? |
| 18 | What was it about this man ? |
| 19 | What was it about this man ? |
| 20 | Just what was it about this man that he could arouse her strongest emotions so very easily ? she thought hazily . |
| 21 | What was it like this morning , the traffic ? |
| 22 | Now what was it like last year , all night long we slogged did n't we ? |