Example sentences of "[verb] what [pers pn] [verb] [be] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | But — ’ she turned to him , eyes brimming with tears , ‘ — you do n't know what it 's been like , trying every day to live a lie … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ How do you know what it 's been like ? ’ she accused . |
| 3 | You 've always been so strong that you do n't know what it 's been like for me since mother died . ’ |
| 4 | That would n't be easy ; even now he was beginning to remember what it had been like when he 'd been small and afraid of the dark , unable to sleep without a nightlight . |
| 5 | I said you know what she 's been like with this young girl at college you thought |
| 6 | You know what it 's been like ever since we left the Store . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't think what it 's been like . |
| 8 | Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like . |