Example sentences of "what they 're [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The insurance is due for renewal at the beginning of March , and I have n't the foggiest idea what they 're worth now . |
| 2 | Because it 's actually part of the Inland Revenue so I mean that 's what they 're about |
| 3 | Do you think you know what they 're about do n't you . |
| 4 | At the same time , d the Tories are on their knees , some people , as I said earlier , I think it 's just as relevant in this debate , seem to have lost their way and when you took , look at what they 're proposing in terms of say , the er the fifty percent , the , the er M Ps , fifty percent of the votes for er the Parliamentary leader which of course is very consistent with , right , fifty percent of the vote , you take that along with proportional representation and what I believe you 're seeing is the number of people who have given up the ghost and are preparing to restructure the Party around coalition politics , and that 's where they 're heading , and they 're heading completely in the wrong direction because we 're more in tune with what 's going on in this country , the po opinion polls are saying fifty nine percent of the people actually I think , believe that er the Labour government is possible and will be voting for a Labour government , the alternative road is to oblivion and it 's not about modernizing , the people who 're proposing this coalition politics are n't modernizers , they 're Victorian politics , that 's what they 're about , they 're about taking us back , back before we created the Party , before we learnt the lesson that we needed to represent ourselves politically , they 're going back to , let's skil see what we get out of the Liberals , the free trade Liberals , in the nineteenth century , that 's where they 're going back , that 's not about modernization , real modernization is about making sure that the Labour Party speaks for the working people up and down this country and that 's our contribution to make to that Party and therefore we should have a role in decision making and influencing the Party that enables us as an organization to express that feeling , and that understanding of what people actually want in this country , and that 's why we 're supporting the C E C proposals . |
| 5 | and knows what they 're about , yes . |
| 6 | But you do n't want to rubbish someone 'cos you 're not into what they 're into … |
| 7 | Sometimes you do n't even know what they 're for , because the ad is just a cartoon girl taking the dog for a walk or something . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're for fun ; that 's what they 're for . ’ |
| 9 | But they 're apt to make me feel a bit I suppose that 's what they 're for , a bit docile like , you know what I mean ? |
| 10 | I mean some of our forms , I , I , I have n't worked out what they 're for yet , an , an , and I 'm trying to some run some competitions for the best er , use of , of one particular one , it may well be in this pack . |
| 11 | what they 're for , nor is Sally supposed to eat crisps in this room , go in the other room please I do n't wan na , I do n't vacuum in here every night |
| 12 | I wonder what they 're for ? |
| 13 | I know what they 're for Chris , but I do n't know what he 's doing with them . |
| 14 | I 've got one fly , one pink thing , one ray , one of them creatures , the diggers and erm a thing , I do n't what they 're for though . |
| 15 | I just do n't know what they 're for . |
| 16 | That 's what , in many ways , what they 're for . |
| 17 | I tell you what they 're under pressure from a hard manager |
| 18 | Saying what they 're in er erm erm , so look , and wa watch so and so very carefully Jack I 've got him in such and such a race . |
| 19 | ‘ Terrorists hardly ever get what they 're after . ’ |
| 20 | If you 're dealing with someone who plays ‘ victim ’ to get by in life , then this will be just what they 're after . |
| 21 | Then she veered ; assuming her least play-acting manner , she said , ‘ I understand you , I also have that passion to get to know about people , to find out what 's behind them , what they want , what they 're after . ’ |
| 22 | No bogus student who 's slipped through the system is likely to take up a polytechnic place ; the paperwork is what they 're after , not the course work . |
| 23 | I 've forgot what they 're like , but they were pretty good , I remember that . |
| 24 | Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day . |
| 25 | Or what we could do , well , what I mean is , maybe would n't do any harm going down to the pub tonight to see if the others are there , only a quick drink mind , we ca n't be sure what they 're like yet — ’ |
| 26 | John Cousins has completed three and explains what they 're like |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 ’ |
| 29 | I 'd also like to check out the New Kids On The Block and see what they 're like . |
| 30 | ‘ How do I know what they 're like to live with ? ’ |