Example sentences of "wonder what it [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.

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1 He was wondering what it would be like to kiss her when Fidelma repeated her warning .
2 By my first week in-country ( my third on mefloquine ) I had reduced sensation in my legs , was waking up with a start from severe nightmares which subjectively had lasted for hours ( in reality for only 15 min ) , and occasionally wondering what it would be like to jump the eight floors from my hotel room .
3 ‘ I was wondering what it would be like to battle with a marlin . ’
4 ‘ I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Stop The World had had a proper director , who did it for a living .
5 We wonder what it would be like to be an oak tree , a house , a mountain , even a thunder cloud .
6 I sometimes wonder what it would be like , ’ Ace said softly .
7 In quiet moments , they wonder what it would be like to have such genius as his .
8 I wonder what it would be like if you were the last man in the world , and I the last woman ?
9 I wonder what it could be ?
10 I wonder what it 'd be like if the phone suddenly rung and it was for me .
11 One day in fencing practice , he had wondered what it would be like to kill his opponent , and had done so .
12 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an antique shop ?
13 As Rain passed Tavett 's desk he cupped his face in his hands and moaned for her benefit , saying : ‘ Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work in an ordinary office instead of a newspaper where every kind of freak feels entitled to barge in and collar you ? ’
14 Maryon felt quite apprehensive about the experiment and wondered what it would be like to live with Alan during the diet .
15 She 'd definitely thought about Martin , wondered what it would be like …
16 Looking round at the elegant dining room , waited on by the unobtrusive Friedrich , Peter Müller wondered what it would be like to live on such a scale , with so much money to make life as smooth as silk .
17 ‘ You know , I always wondered what it would be like to be a Canadian , growing up just across Lake Ontario from Toronto .
18 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 .
19 EVER wondered what it would be like if YOU could live like a pools winner ?
20 Juliet could n't help gazing at his eyelashes , so long and curling , and wondered what it would be like having a date with David Kent .
21 Baffled , he scratched his greasy white hair and wondered what it could be and why it should have been stored in a beer keg .
22 He wondered what it could be that was so urgent , and why he had n't mentioned it yesterday over lunch .
23 I wondered what it must be like to work in such an atmosphere .
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