Example sentences of "[to-vb] what it be [prep] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was really curious to know what it was like to have your collar felt . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'VE TRIED to imagine what it 's like to drown . |
| 3 | Wearing old-fashioned clothes which help them to imagine what it was like to live in the past , they help with simple tasks like carrying in water or logs for the fire , or helping to measure out and mix the ingredients for oatcakes or Welsh cakes which are then cooked on a griddle on the open fire . |
| 4 | I was concerned to understand what it was like to leave school and grow up in a world with little work . |
| 5 | Later , the explanations the young Americans of Charlie Company gave were singularly mundane : ‘ I wanted to see what it was like to shoot someone … |
| 6 | Suggest that in small groups they make an image to show what it 's like to experience conflicting feelings — of sorrow , loss , relief , excitement , hope , expectation . |