Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [pron] is like " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wants to know what it is like in a jet , ’ said the Thing . |
| 2 | ‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently . |
| 3 | BS is supposed to have complete scientific knowledge of V and his physical environment when V sees : yet BS does not know what it is like for V to see , what colours look like , etcetera . |
| 4 | People like Niall , like Michael Morrissey , who do know what it is like to be poor and shat on , the bottom of the whole U.K. heap , they know I 'm nothing when they set eyes on me . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I do not truly know what it is like to have a child with Down 's Syndrome ’ ( Cunningham 1982 : 16 ) . |
| 7 | Anyone who has been to watch the Ryder Cup at The Belfry will know what it is like to be in a large crowd when there are only four matches on the course . |
| 8 | Even if he 's your husband he can not go through the pain you went through and so can not know what it is like . |
| 9 | Although obviously a very experienced and skilful pilot , David Mason has not forgotten what it is like to be a raw student , and there is a streak of dry humour in his observations of each stage of the training process . |
| 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 | It 's exhausting enough for you ; imagine what it is like for someone who is n't used to your kids . |
| 12 | They have seen what it is like to be unable to meet their mortgage repayments and be faced with redundancy and unemployment . |
| 13 | Let us imagine , as the first dawning of objective thought , a child wanting another helping at dinner , remembering what it is like to be sick , and telling himself what he has often been told by his mother , ‘ Do n't , or you 'll be ill ’ . |
| 14 | With empathy , we try to imagine what it is like being the other person and experiencing things as he does . |
| 15 | It is virtually impossible for a hearing person to imagine what it is like to be born into silence . |
| 16 | Indeed , if I were forced to try the impossible , to imagine what it is like to be a bat , I would guess that echolocating , for them , might be rather like seeing for us . |
| 17 | To convey more information about the new location , companies might consider running tape/slide presentations on the area or taking employees to the new site so that they can see what it is like . |
| 18 | They can see what it is like in Lambeth , in Southwark , in Hackney and elsewhere . |
| 19 | Not only do they fail to express what it is like to be a sea-urchin , fly , or dog , but they also fail to articulate the specific psychological functions involved . |
| 20 | When researchers want to understand what it is like to be , say , a Moonie , they can submit themselves to the sorts of conditions that a Moonie experiences — so far as these are social ; but the real Moonie can , quite legitimately , protest that if the researcher does not have a personal experience of God or actually know in their heart that it is the Unification Church which has discovered the best way to live , they can not really understand what it is like to be a Moonie . |
| 21 | However , on a more serious note , I do understand what it is like to have unwanted admirers . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ You know what she is like for fuss . ’ |
| 24 | The Seattle Seahawks know what it is like following their game in October . |
| 25 | teams know what it is like to play in a school for educationally sub-normal children who can not ( or do not want to ) distinguish between the ‘ baddy ’ character and the actor — who finds himself molested as he retreats to his car after the show ! |
| 26 | Thus , intergenerational expectations are created ; we say that we know what it is like to be a child ; we have some understanding of the needs , joys and sorrows of childhood ‘ from the inside ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Again , women well know what it is like to be treated as children and they find it offensive . |
| 29 | I know what it is like to love and be loved . |
| 30 | ‘ I was captain of Darlington for many years so I know what it is like in his job . |