Example sentences of "what they [am/are] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know what they 're here for . |
| 2 | Erm and I have been plugging the line that what underpins Locke 's , what underpins Locke 's general political position is his theology , his basically Calvinist notion of how human individuals are related to God , they are God 's servants sent into the world about his business , that 's what they 're here for and that 's what governs all their obligations , they 're rights and so on . |
| 3 | Yeah , that 's what they 're there for , they 're doing their job it 's him that 's not doing his job . |
| 4 | And that 's what they 're there for . |
| 5 | From time to time national committees will have to take hard decisions about the strategy for that particular sector , that 's what they 're there for . |
| 6 | My attitude on the block was ; they know what they 're there for , if they overstep the mark they know what to expect . |
| 7 | So the first lesson in organising your staff successfully is to define their responsibilities , tell them what they 're there for . |
| 8 | That 's what they 're there for ! |
| 9 | That 's what they 're there for in n it ? |
| 10 | That 's what they 're there for to provide a service are n't they ? |
| 11 | This has almost become a technical term meaning philosophy of ministry or an understanding of , crudely , what they are there for . |
| 12 | Stevens added : ‘ Things like this should be left to the PFA to sort out — that is what they are there for . |
| 13 | Everyone concerned should know exactly what they are there for — at this stage it is to define the problems . |
| 14 | It has become clearer to people what they are there for , and the importance of research and students . |