Example sentences of "[vb pp] what it be [prep] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've almost forgotten what it 's like to live a normal life , ’ she said drily .
2 He had lost so many times , he had forgotten what it was like to win .
3 Elinor dreamily remembered what it was like to feel that your lover possessed all the wonderful qualities you wanted , before you realized that he did n't possess them , and that perhaps you had forced those qualities on him in the first place .
4 ‘ And terrible though it is , Mama , is n't it better to feel like this now than never to have known what it was like to love someone so much ? ’
5 ‘ Several people have asked what it was like to have to film scenes like that with your future daughter-in-law , ’ Jim says .
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