Example sentences of "[vb mod] be like [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't suppose for one moment she has given a thought to what life might be like if she had to ‘ make do ’ married to someone who was n't too well off . |
| 2 | There can be no understanding of what a distorted system of ideas would be like unless there is the possibility of a non-distorted system . |
| 3 | ( If the expression ‘ form of life ’ is found puzzling , think of what life would be like if we never asked people to do or not to do things , never apologised for doing or not doing things , and so on . ) |
| 4 | Ask any manager what it would be like if they lost a striker who scores 20-25 goals a season . |
| 5 | Now do you understand what it would be like if everyone was like that ? |
| 6 | No one knows what society would be like if everyone acted on the advice of those who openly advocate it . |
| 7 | Most physical scientists are unable to imagine what their subject would be like if there were no elements and no fundamental particles . |
| 8 | Imagine what the performance of your motor car would be like if you reduced the air supply to the carburettor . |
| 9 | It does n't offer you a definition , but by the end of the chapter you should be able to give your own definition of what it would be like if you were more assertive . |
| 10 | It 's all part of our great series of free contests to show what life would be like if you landed the jackpot . |
| 11 | We 've been showing you what life would be like if you landed the jackpot . |
| 12 | EVER wondered what it would be like if YOU could live like a pools winner ? |
| 13 | I wonder what it would be like if you were the last man in the world , and I the last woman ? |
| 14 | If you have decided that you want to change things in your life , first you must be able to imagine what your life would be like if it were different . |
| 15 | Please ! ’ she begged , all pride gone and only the shadow left , the thought of what it would be like if it swallowed her up and he should leave her wrenching the words from between her lips . |
| 16 | Looking at what Micky 's like and everything , when I thought before what it would be like and what the situation actually is , I think basically you 're in another world , you know what I mean ? |
| 17 | You had no way of knowing what it would be like and she may change one day . " |
| 18 | ‘ Sex is like anything else I suppose you can talk about it and ask questions but you do n't know what it will be like until you actually do it . |
| 19 | So anyway , she said oh yeah , so I know what Sandra can be like and I 've been with her |