Example sentences of "what be [pers pn] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What are they noted for ? |
| 2 | ‘ What are they looking for ? ’ he asked them without any preliminary greeting . |
| 3 | ‘ What are they looking for ? ’ |
| 4 | What are they looking for ? |
| 5 | Then what are they looking for ? |
| 6 | ‘ What are they waiting for ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | What are they doing for money ? was Alice 's thought , kept to herself . |
| 8 | What are they used for ? |
| 9 | What are they having for their pudding ? |
| 10 | What are they paying for their shares in Newco ? |
| 11 | Now one can say well what are we aiming for in terms of the sexual harassment free environment , and I think that what one would be aiming for is if not the atmosphere of a girls ' convent school one 's certainly aiming at an environment where women can work and study and interact without the sense of being constantly on display as sexual objects , and , you know , to that extent I do n't know if it is the case that a large number of the respondents are saying , you know , ‘ I have come from an environment when I have n't had to deal with this before , and I do n't expect to have to deal with it ’ then we should certainly sit up and take notice of that . |
| 12 | Mighty Quinn , made famous by Manfred Mann , was changed to Mighty Wyn as a tribute to Newcastle 's leaping centre forward , a Kinks ' song was amended to ‘ What are we living for , to see Sunderland in Division Four ’ and who can forget ‘ Half-a-sixpence is better than , Arthur Horsefield ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ What are we searching for Barry ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Then what are we to do for the best ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What are we looking for ? ’ |
| 16 | And what are we looking for there and there ? |
| 17 | what are we looking for then , down here ? |
| 18 | What are we studying for ? |
| 19 | Brenda Denvir takes up one of the most pressing contemporary issues , that of the multiple roles of assessment in schools , by looking at the intimately-related questions of ‘ what are we assessing ? ’ and , ‘ what are we assessing for ? ’ |
| 20 | What are we assessing in mathematics and what are we assessing for ? |
| 21 | What are we playing for ? |
| 22 | ‘ What are we going for , Mum ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What are we waiting for ? ’ asked Becky a little sullenly . |
| 24 | ‘ Go on , for Christ 's sake ; what are we waiting for ? ’ |
| 25 | By this time Keenan and me are really drunk and I said , ‘ Well , what are we waiting for ? ’ and we go over . |
| 26 | ‘ What are we waiting for ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Then what are we waiting for ? ’ said Jimmy as thunder roared again , and the thing below gave an answering bellow of fury . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , ’ the Doctor said briskly , ‘ what are we waiting for ? |
| 29 | What are we waiting for ? |
| 30 | What are we waiting for , you and I ? |