Example sentences of "[Wh det] they [am/are] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes you do n't even know what they 're for , because the ad is just a cartoon girl taking the dog for a walk or something . |
| 2 | ‘ They 're for fun ; that 's what they 're for . ’ |
| 3 | But they 're apt to make me feel a bit I suppose that 's what they 're for , a bit docile like , you know what I mean ? |
| 4 | I mean some of our forms , I , I , I have n't worked out what they 're for yet , an , an , and I 'm trying to some run some competitions for the best er , use of , of one particular one , it may well be in this pack . |
| 5 | what they 're for , nor is Sally supposed to eat crisps in this room , go in the other room please I do n't wan na , I do n't vacuum in here every night |
| 6 | I wonder what they 're for ? |
| 7 | I know what they 're for Chris , but I do n't know what he 's doing with them . |
| 8 | I 've got one fly , one pink thing , one ray , one of them creatures , the diggers and erm a thing , I do n't what they 're for though . |
| 9 | I just do n't know what they 're for . |
| 10 | That 's what , in many ways , what they 're for . |
| 11 | That is what they are for . |
| 12 | Think about this guy , I might have stuff on him , about flats and what they are for . |
| 13 | In a sense the real utilitarian only has one project he takes seriously , the satisfaction of preferences or desires ( whatever they are for ) or , in the older version , the maximisation of happiness . |