Example sentences of "[pron] it be [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may be some pleasures for which it is worth risking one 's life but to do so for a cigarette is an illustration of the sheer insanity of addictive disease . |
| 2 | Questions which it is worth keeping in mind when reading the remaining chapters in this book would be the following : |
| 3 | We ran and knocked on the midwife 's door and Mrs Bullivant seemed to know who it was without looking , for she called out for Nelly to run and get newspapers and hot water ready . |
| 4 | Knowing who it was without raising her head , she waited until she felt him standing beside her , but when she looked up , already prepared for trouble , she was shocked by the intensity of the hatred that glittered from out of his eyes . |
| 5 | I can promise you it 's worth insisting . ’ |
| 6 | But increasing despondency about the impracticality of using hired machines to carry out orders made her persevere , and the advice of friends and a local engineering firm convinced her it was worth bidding for . |
| 7 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |
| 8 | ‘ My mother told me it was like having red hair . |
| 9 | The Seattle Seahawks know what it is like following their game in October . |
| 10 | When you are sleepy the muscles around your eyes relax and your vision may become blurred — remember what it is like sitting and listening to a boring speaker and how difficult it is to focus clearly upon him . |
| 11 | Forget what it 's like learning a long part . |
| 12 | The Jayhawks know what it 's like laying dimes on railroad tracks and bareback horse-riding through Nevada ( trainspotting in Crewe and donkey rides in Brighton do n't have quite the same ring ) . |
| 13 | ‘ You just do n't know what it 's like living in a town — it 's different . ’ |
| 14 | You know what it 's like getting petrol at the moment . ’ |
| 15 | Do you realise what it 's like having something like this hanging over your head ? ’ |
| 16 | You do n't know what it 's like wondering what the hell he 's up to now and where he 's gone and when he 'll be back . |
| 17 | But surely we 're all aware enough of what it 's like playing in pubs and clubs , in duos , trios or bands , and if anyone has some amazing revelation on this front they can always write and let us know . |
| 18 | Paul says it 's a sport for all the youngest who 's been in a raft is 5 … the oldest is 95 … anyone can come and see what it 's like playing in whitewater |
| 19 | ‘ But I also hope that people will understand what it 's like standing outside your own house , knowing that your son is a prisoner in there and not being able to get in . |
| 20 | You 'd be much more comfy — you do n't have to tell me what it 's like sleeping two in a single bed , darling . ’ |
| 21 | You ca n't know that any more than I can ever know what it 's like giving birth to a child . |
| 22 | Can you imagine what it was like getting that bloody cart home ? ’ |
| 23 | Who is to say what it was like living out on the plains for months on end , at first in a tent and then in a small house , not much more than a hut , built of saplings , mud , and cow dung , which she equipped with Somali fabrics and safari furniture ? |
| 24 | It seems stupid now but you ca n't imagine what it was like stumbling about in the dark and then seeing him daubing away … whoever heard of painted flowers … ’ |
| 25 | Once asked many years ago by a visiting American Congresswoman what it was like having a woman leader , Grunte had replied that it was like being at home all day , a bon mot that had earned him his place in ‘ Sayings of the Week ’ . |
| 26 | She could , in a way , imagine what it was like caring for the man before her . |
| 27 | One English League boss was once asked , apparently , what it was like doing business with the Liverpool manager . |
| 28 | As a child he had done the same thing , as a game ; something to make life more interesting , give It some purpose , then he had begun to have dreams about it , to come to realise that it was real , that he had had an insight when he started to play the game , He had to do it now ; it felt horrible and uncomfortable when he tried to stop , even just to see what it was like walking down a street breathing " normally " . |
| 29 | For example , he took comfort from the deflationary economic measures of July 1966 , which he opposed , as it gave him the chance ‘ to reassert collective Cabinet authority because I see how disastrous it is to allow Cabinet government to decline into mere Prime Ministerial government … if I achieved anything it was by asserting the right of Cabinet to take part in the making of economic strategy so that Harold conceded we must be given that right ’ . |