Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] it be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one can notice the absence of something one must already know what it is for things to be absent . |
| 2 | Ca n't think what it was for now . |
| 3 | It 's been very hard for years , and now , to be back here , you do n't know what it is for me . |
| 4 | If your experiment involves other people ( e.g. if you are comparing different readers ' responses ) , you need to consider ethical issues which arise , including ( a ) getting their permission to use the results ; ( b ) showing them the results and explaining them ; ( c ) not using their names when you report the experiment ( even if they have given permission for this , there is unlikely to be any point ) ; ( d ) the ethical problem that sometimes an experiment is best conducted if the test subjects do n't know what it is for ; that is , if there is a " secret agenda " . |
| 5 | Yes especially cos you do n't know what it 's for half the bloody time , she does n't know where she is . |
| 6 | I 've heard that phrase used but I do n't know what it 's for . |
| 7 | Oh I heard the bell but I did n't know what it was for ! |
| 8 | They said it does n't matter what it 's for |
| 9 | I 'll tell you where I had terrific service once , I ca n't remember what it was for now , it 's it 's a shop , it 's called Arcade Records because originally it was in the arcade , but it 's now just above the Cannon Cinema in between you know on Chapel Bar on the left hand side . |
| 10 | You ca n't tell me it 's for nothing . |
| 11 | Did n't even tell me it was for a special train for er Liverpool you know . |
| 12 | And then they got me to sign a form , they did n't say what it was for . |
| 13 | I du n no , du n no what it 's for ? |