Example sentences of "[vb base] what [noun] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I say what things are like |
| 2 | You remember what birthdays are like when you 're small ? |
| 3 | Erm mm I ca n't remember , Alan and Josie 's daughter down the road , erm she passed out as a nurse from Queens a while ago and you know what students are in general , nurses in particular , there was , you would expect , one hell of a party when the exam results were public what came out of the the party was when she got a job as a nurse . |
| 4 | ‘ He wo n't last because there 's nobody waiting for him and you know what conditions are like in there . |
| 5 | You know what women are like . |
| 6 | ‘ You know what women are like . ’ |
| 7 | Well you know what women are like . |
| 8 | Bill nodded absently to Lucy , but with his mind full of his own problem he said to Silas , ‘ I know you 're right , boss — and you know what women are like — ’ |
| 9 | You know what women are like , they ha |
| 10 | You know what mice are like for widdling on wires . |
| 11 | ‘ You know what hotels are like . ’ |
| 12 | You know what schools are like — all sorts of rumours get around : this master is a sex-maniac , this one an alcoholic . |
| 13 | ‘ You know what men are like . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You know what men are like . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But you must admit he has n't seen your ability , and you know what men are like . |
| 17 | Do n't get your hopes too high or let yourself get too carried away after all you know what people are like . |
| 18 | And , ah , oh aye , and she says they 're out playing and the s and she says you know what kids are like Jean , and she says like I would n't try even to say to my kids not to go near them because you would n't tell them because they 're only kids and she says they 're like playing in the square and she says like I would David and down here you know when I was coming down |
| 19 | And I believe there 's some roadworks at Stafford , I might even get on my teletext and look and see what roadworks are on the M six , I may even give the A A a ring , to say , but it 's all on teletext and this sort of thing . |
| 20 | Thus you discover what tasks are to be performed and how they are carried out in order to create a picture of what the person will actually do in the job . |