Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long hot journey we had not paid much attention to our surroundings and it seemed unbelievable to be in Germany at last . |
| 2 | What it felt like to be on the receiving end of such operations and the hammering which the landscape endured in those early years of the nineteenth century are painfully conveyed by another poet whose roots were in the East Midlands . |
| 3 | It felt strange to be in possession of two hats . |
| 4 | And she had to confess , much as she hated to , that it felt nice to be on amicable terms with Jake . |
| 5 | Third , and finally , while it is true that the impact of all policies must be subjected to careful scrutiny , it is clearly particularly important to give attention to what it feels like to be on the receiving end of social policy . |
| 6 | Another way to express this motivating power of individualism is to say that we have a tremendously strong interest in explaining at least some social phenomena in individualist terms , since this enables us to explain ourselves to ourselves ; to see what it feels like to be in someone else 's shoes . |
| 7 | ‘ Describe what it feels like to be in prison . ’ |
| 8 | We now have a colossal documentation of what it feels like to be in the margin . |
| 9 | The court may exclude the child from all or any part of the proceedings if it considers this to be in his interests having regard to matters to be discussed or evidence likely to be given . |