Example sentences of "[vb base] what they [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I forget what they were for .
2 ‘ Terrorists hardly ever get what they 're after . ’
3 Do you think you know what they 're about do n't you .
4 I know what they 're for Chris , but I do n't know what he 's doing with them .
5 But they wo n't share , you know what they 're like in my team it 's , it 's
6 For God 's sake you know what they 're like in the village .
7 ‘ You know what they 're like .
8 ‘ I said , ‘ Forgive me , madam , but I 've got a blasted son myself , and I know what they 're like .
9 But he has got the continental grammar sort of Italians , you know what they 're like .
10 I 've got a couple of Siamese moggies , I know what they 're like .
11 They 'll only try to talk you out of going to Czechoslovakia to do this job for me — you know what they 're like . ’
12 We encourage people to play with the cosmetics , feel what they 're like on their skin , and we do n't try to sell them anything .
13 ‘ We encourage people to play with the cosmetics , feel what they 're like on their skin , and we do n't try to sell them anything ’
14 I wonder what they 're for ?
15 Having fought the good fight with anti-poll tax benefits , and the recent back-to-roots tour of London 's teething ground pubs , it 's out now on another lengthy tour of all those places that you always see in the gig guides and wonder what they 're like , paradoxically to promote a single called ‘ Air Conditioned ’ , which these places rarely seem to be .
16 Having fought the good fight with anti-poll tax benefits , and the recent back-to-roots tour of London 's teething ground pubs , it 's out now on another lengthy tour of all those places that you always see in the gig guides and wonder what they 're like , paradoxically to promote a single called ‘ Air Conditioned ’ , which these places rarely seem to be .
17 And just see what they are like , and see what they did as a tiebreaker .
18 I 'd also like to check out the New Kids On The Block and see what they 're like .
19 Well see what they 're like .
20 I think the teachers co , but I think the teachers realize what they are like .
21 I think that it 's not just the policy , I think it 's the whole of society 's attitudes , because children learn what they are by how people see them , and if they 're in a society that says you 're in an unusual situation , if you 're not with two parents then somehow your situation is n't right and we condemn it !
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