Example sentences of "it would be like [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foolishly she had imagined it would be like inviting herself into a trap , because the trapped feeling was still there . |
| 2 | It would be like meeting someone else running away from the police in the opposite direction-you would both be caught ! |
| 3 | I ca n't tell that with McDunn sitting there ; it would be like telling my father . |
| 4 | One day in fencing practice , he had wondered what it would be like to kill his opponent , and had done so . |
| 5 | If it had ever existed , the cosy Whitehall corridor was long gone , though Agnes sometimes wondered what it would be like to concern herself with frustrating only other countries ' spies . |
| 6 | It would be like kicking her when she 's down — and I think she has enough to contend with at the moment . ’ |
| 7 | Every time she mentioned babies and what it would be like to have their own one day , Stephen changed the subject or yet another crisis loomed which he had to dash off and deal with . |
| 8 | She wondered , laughing as Sabina jogged her , for she had halted in a daydream , what it would be like to encourage him , to overcome the scruples he so kindly showed by not exploring her body . |
| 9 | He was wondering what it would be like to kiss her when Fidelma repeated her warning . |
| 10 | She thought she knew what it would be like to find yourself in Boston when you ought to be in Chicago . |
| 11 | The first girl said it would be like marrying her brother so she would not . |
| 12 | It would be like finding yourself in the kitchen with Barbara Coleman when you would rather be with Oliver and James Cobalt searching for drugs . |
| 13 | The story I 'm working on started with the idea of what it would be like to break your glasses on holiday . |