Example sentences of "[Wh det] it was [prep] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , the explanations the young Americans of Charlie Company gave were singularly mundane : ‘ I wanted to see what it was like to shoot someone … |
| 2 | Her parents were old and had forgotten , if ever they had known , what it was like to love someone as she loved Rob . |
| 3 | ‘ And terrible though it is , Mama , is n't it better to feel like this now than never to have known what it was like to love someone so much ? ’ |
| 4 | This was to keep alive , in boys whose privileged background might have encouraged complacent acceptance rather than active pursuit of power , a keen appreciation of what it was like to have it , and what it was like to be without it . |
| 5 | I was really curious to know what it was like to have your collar felt . |