Example sentences of "[verb] what it [is] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You just do n't know what it 's like living in a town — it 's different . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Wait till we start campaigning , ’ Osbern of Eu had said to Thorfinn , ‘ and then you 'll know what it 's like to live again . ’ |
| 3 | You do n't know what it 's like wondering what the hell he 's up to now and where he 's gone and when he 'll be back . |
| 4 | You ca n't know that any more than I can ever know what it 's like giving birth to a child . |
| 5 | You never even set fire to a man on the ground , so you do n't know what it 's like to burn one . ’ |
| 6 | The pity is that they are missing so much ; for instance , they will never know what it is like to fish a small stream , or any river except perhaps a sluggish canal-like one . |
| 7 | I do not truly know what it is like to have a child with Down 's Syndrome ’ ( Cunningham 1982 : 16 ) . |
| 8 | Forget what it 's like learning a long part . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've almost forgotten what it 's like to live a normal life , ’ she said drily . |
| 10 | Imagine what it is like to sit through a meeting , go to the theatre or try to follow a further education class if it is essential to see the speaker 's face in order to understand what is said . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'VE TRIED to imagine what it 's like to drown . |
| 12 | Paul says it 's a sport for all the youngest who 's been in a raft is 5 … the oldest is 95 … anyone can come and see what it 's like playing in whitewater |
| 13 | Finance director Colin Stone , 44 , said : ‘ We can remember what it 's like to have nothing . |
| 14 | However , on a more serious note , I do understand what it is like to have unwanted admirers . |
| 15 | ‘ But I also hope that people will understand what it 's like standing outside your own house , knowing that your son is a prisoner in there and not being able to get in . |
| 16 | When you are sleepy the muscles around your eyes relax and your vision may become blurred — remember what it is like sitting and listening to a boring speaker and how difficult it is to focus clearly upon him . |
| 17 | Do you think you 're getting you know you know what it 's about do n't you ? |
| 18 | The Jayhawks know what it 's like laying dimes on railroad tracks and bareback horse-riding through Nevada ( trainspotting in Crewe and donkey rides in Brighton do n't have quite the same ring ) . |
| 19 | You know what it 's like getting petrol at the moment . ’ |
| 20 | Delighted ‘ We know what it 's like to fall on hard times . |
| 21 | You know what it 's like to bear a child and bring him up and see him leave you and go to the other side of the world , knowing you 'll not see him again ? |
| 22 | Cannon said yesterday : ‘ We both know what it 's like to fight council planning officers . |
| 23 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Do those people at unemployment offices know what it 's like to come face to face with them ? ’ said Sharon . |
| 25 | Monica , the nursery nurse , told me : They all know what it 's like to come in and say , " I hate that child , it 's been crying all night " ; whereas they feel reluctant to say that to other people because people are looking at them and their age . |
| 26 | They know what it 's like to stand on both sides of the competitive fence and have now been involved with the sport for well over a decade , first as top international competitions and then as manager and coach of the national team . |
| 27 | He looked at her and said in a hard voice , ‘ I do n't suppose you know what it 's like to feel simply damned useless . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We already know what it 's like to accelerate hard . ’ |
| 29 | I know what it is like to love and be loved . |
| 30 | However , we all know what it is like to start something entirely new and to be told at the beginning that rows of holes have to be followed by two knit rows and then , when it all seems to be going well , to discover that there are two transferring rows one after the other , sounding like a contradiction in terms . |