Example sentences of "[adv] what [pron] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 2 | I ca n't see your face when you sit in that comer , ’ said Bella. ‘ — You thought the world of that Simon , did n't you ? — I know just what it 's like . |
| 3 | And it 's quite interesting to , to go and look at that road now and see just what it 's like . |
| 4 | It is nevertheless of interest to see from their reaction to the various issues raised in the questionnaire , just what it is about the scheme ( and about SSE generally ) , which they feel is threatening . |
| 5 | Laba was quite a celebrity in the village , and from him we learnt just what it is like to be embraced by a really big snake . |
| 6 | It is often said that one of the problems with antiracism is that it knows what it is against , but not what it is for . |
| 7 | And that is a relatively new phenomenon and the type of warehouse which historically we all knew which was men in brown coats driving forklift trucks is not what it 's about , it 's about er pretty sophisticated labour erm dealing with erm computer systems and electronic retrieval systems and often working in shifts on twenty four hour basis . |
| 8 | The opposite style is to assume that the communication should be limited to exactly what there is to be communicated and that all else risks blurring the communication . |
| 9 | But even by Stella 's reckoning there are a lot of people who know exactly what it is like to be out of work and with little hope of finding a job . |
| 10 | He knows exactly what it 's like to have to keep an eye open in every dark , steamy nook and cranny for cancer squatters . |
| 11 | Designed by women who know exactly what it 's like to be pregnant . |
| 12 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 13 | " Before everyone goes up to the top , " said Hazel , " we ought to find out what it 's like . |
| 14 | I 've never been in jail and I never wan na find out what it 's like in jail but if you actually ever go to the police station , Harlow police station , they sometimes let people up there and do tours , no one likes being left in the cell cos when the door closes it 's very very small and it 's very claustrophobic , and it 's not very nice . |
| 15 | ‘ If you 'd like to find out what it 's like to be put over my knee and given a good thrashing in a public place that 's probably the best way to do it . ’ |
| 16 | And try and work out what it is about |
| 17 | It seems to me that the only possible way of finding out what it is like is to live it . |
| 18 | To find out what it is like , why not arrange for a member of another church to come unannounced one Sunday morning , playing the role of a visitor ? |
| 19 | If a grown-up really wants to find out what it is like to live in a young person 's world , let him or her get down on hands and knees and go about like that for a week . |
| 20 | Let Katie find out what she 's like for herself . |
| 21 | Right so I wo n't draw a graph , but we 'll see if we can work out a sketch of a graph , roughly what it 's like . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , the funny thing is that I do n't know really what it 's like because I 'm not in that little room any more . |
| 23 | It 's dearer in here what it is in Toys R Us . |
| 24 | More people , could get benefit out of the five hundred , then there what there is for four . |