Example sentences of "what [pron] [vb -s] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er i she was in the Cheltenh Do you know what she does for a living ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm only interested in who she is , an' what she does for a livin' , ’ she said sharply . |
| 3 | And how old he is , what he does for a living , how much he 's got in the bank — and probably whether he 's twice divorced with a string of children tucked away somewhere . ’ |
| 4 | " Know what he does for a living ? " |
| 5 | You do n't even know what he does for a living properly ! ’ |
| 6 | Our aim so far has been to show that the " stylistic variant " view of style , which supports the dualist 's conviction that style can be distinguished from message , can lead to a more precise understanding of what it means for a writer to choose this rather than that way of putting things . |