Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] been like " in BNC.

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1 I said you know what she 's been like with this young girl at college you thought
2 Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like .
3 Surinder , a Sikh woman , explained to me what it had been like coming to Britain in the sixties and finding a job in a sweat-shop soon after .
4 In the early days of the strike Jayaben Desai , perhaps Britain 's best known Asian trade unionist , described to me what it had been like when she came to work at Grunwick in the mail order department :
5 When Emily asked him what it had been like then , his eyes filled with tears .
6 It was sad when it died ; sad because of the memory of what it had been like when there was still hope .
7 That would n't be easy ; even now he was beginning to remember what it had been like when he 'd been small and afraid of the dark , unable to sleep without a nightlight .
8 Before I left , I told Eliot that I was still toying with the idea of writing the book on politics , which had increasingly been absorbing me , and I described to him something of what it had been like to live under a benevolent dictatorship .
9 He always paid now , they were on the dole , two reminders of what it had been like for him a few months ago .
10 Mr Kerrigan then questioned Mr Mackie about what it had been like working at the Kenway depot at the time he alleged drugs were being taken .
11 But — ’ she turned to him , eyes brimming with tears , ‘ — you do n't know what it 's been like , trying every day to live a lie … ’
12 ‘ You ca n't think what it 's been like .
13 You know what it 's been like ever since we left the Store . ’
14 ‘ How do you know what it 's been like ? ’ she accused .
15 You 've always been so strong that you do n't know what it 's been like for me since mother died . ’
16 ‘ I want to make love to you , Claudia , ’ he says , ‘ I want to hold you in my arms all night tru ’ , I want to tell you what it 's been like for me without you , just missing you , missing you so bad like one of us had passed on .
17 This is what it has been like during the dry season in Brazil for the past two years .
18 ‘ I admit that 's what it has been like in the past . ’
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