Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pers pn] [be] [prep] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What must it be like to be imprisoned here , day after day , month after month ? |
| 2 | What must it be like to be them ? ’ |
| 3 | What would it be like to be In Love with Dionne rather than just loving her ? |
| 4 | A return seemed unlikely , but at the same time there was this intriguing question : just what would it be like to be up there , 20 pitches out , on a wall as hard as many a belted route , but with no bolts ? |
| 5 | In a few generations , of course , people would want girls again , and values and fashions would change … but in the meantime , what would it be like to be one of an endangered species ? |
| 6 | What would it be like to be black and watch the election result in Cheltenham ? |
| 7 | What would it be like to be Emma Watt , fifty years old , sad and alone and brightly squeezed into her too-small flat ? |
| 8 | What would it be like to be the purple girl , frigid from anxiety , and child-bearing behind her ? |