Example sentences of "what you [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this frequency does n't suit you , now is the time to talk things through because otherwise you could end up in a longterm relationship in which sex is not what you thought it would be . |
| 2 | In the second section , although you noted some of the imagery and discussed it intelligently , you often moved too far away from the imagery itself and relied on an ‘ outside ’ view of the poem ( what you thought it must be about ) to interpret it . |
| 3 | When first started , can you can you what you what you felt about it , what you thought it was going to do ? |
| 4 | It was n't what you thought it was . |
| 5 | What you like it ? |
| 6 | She also remembers her own answer ( we do seem to have words to remember ) , ‘ The world , mama , will say what you tell it ; it always has . ’ |
| 7 | May the way be kind and journey 's end what you hope it to be . |
| 8 | just what you spent it on as if you were at home . |
| 9 | … And at times in retrospect you wish you had taken a certain stat , because it turns out that the whole thing has boiled up , completely beyond what you know it to be , but it 's become political and the authority is being attacked and the chiefs ca n't defend it and say , ‘ OK . |
| 10 | And Anna Freud said , okay that 's what you called it , but supposing we had to look what you 've just described up in a dictionary , what word would be found ? |
| 11 | Erm , and said , okay , that 's what you called it in childhood , you called , say kneading , if that 's what it was . |
| 12 | And he 's er what you called it ? |
| 13 | Life was what you made it . |
| 14 | What you made it ? |
| 15 | I do n't know what you put it in somebody else 's pocket for , you 've got pockets of your own . |
| 16 | Wonder what you blow it , it does . |
| 17 | ‘ Is that what you mix it with to get crack ? ’ |
| 18 | yes , okay now that 's about meetings as such is n't it which is a which is almost another subject but I know what you mean it 's about timing in a way yes , that 's what you 're saying ? |
| 19 | Oh I see what you mean it does n't , it does n't do it without you , not telling you |
| 20 | And another thing , you really ought to be venturing further afield ; travelling or doing something more challenging now and therefore perhaps you need a gentle prod to remind you that life is only , after all , what you make it . |
| 21 | It taught her that ‘ life is what you make it . ’ |
| 22 | Ironically , of course , the ‘ Natural History ’ album became a million-seller , with two re-released Talk Talk singles , ‘ Life 's What You Make It ’ and ‘ It 's My Life ’ becoming the band 's biggest hits . |
| 23 | Windsurfing is what you make it . |
| 24 | ‘ But I think any career is only what you make it . |
| 25 | It does what you ask it . |
| 26 | What you throw it away for , cunt ? " |
| 27 | Oh is that what you use it for ? |
| 28 | The trial judge stated to the jury : ‘ Accordingly the case against the first accused depends solely upon what you find it proved that he himself did . ’ |
| 29 | If you want to add an interpretation , explain later that from your experience this is what you think it means . |
| 30 | Is the food you buy what you think it is ? — we look at how scientists are tampering with what we eat . |