Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [prep] [to-vb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's something spooky about them : you sense momentarily what it must be like to live in an ordered , God-run universe , with Himself looking over your shoulder and helpfully dropping coarse hints about a cosmic plan . |
| 2 | I wondered what it must be like to work in such an atmosphere . |
| 3 | Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an antique shop ? |
| 4 | Having finished it , Artemis then sat gazing at her drawing , trying to imagine what it would be like to live in a house with just four windows , one chimney and one door , with just her mother , and perhaps even her father . |
| 5 | 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 ? ’ |
| 6 | He tried not to imagine what it would be like to drown in the Ankh . |
| 7 | We are excited about this part of our course , but a bit unsure of what it will be like to work in a foreign country . |
| 8 | We are not denying that in the case of an alien culture one has less right to criticize than in one 's own , out of lack of experience of what it can be like to live in it . |