Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [prep] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Since I am like to be murdered for it , I had better know the tune ! ’ |
| 2 | What would it be like to be In Love with Dionne rather than just loving her ? |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | What would it be like to be black and watch the election result in Cheltenham ? |
| 6 | What must it be like to be imprisoned here , day after day , month after month ? |
| 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 ? |
| 9 | What must it be like to be them ? ’ |
| 10 | The Sports Minister , more than most , knows what it 's like to be in with a dangerous hooker . ’ |
| 11 | I hope this article has given you some insight into what it 's like to be on the receiving end of your cichlid queries . |
| 12 | You do n't know what it 's like to be a lonely artist , wandering gipsy , bum … oh , I know I 'm no good , you do n't need to tell me … look , can you … what kind of trouble ? |
| 13 | Imagine what it 's like to be 45 … |
| 14 | He knows that we want to hear about his experience of Neighbours — ‘ They asked me to do Neighbours The Cyber Series , but I could n't go that far … feeling what it 's like to be in Jim Robinson 's shirt , what a waste of technology ’ — that we want tales of drugs and tripping , and an outsider 's observations on British cultural mistakes ( the shell suit ) . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't remember what it 's like to be drunk , ’ said O'Toole some years after taking the pledge , ‘ it 's so long since a drink passed my lips . |
| 16 | This next section takes you through an exploration of what it 's like to be assertive . |
| 17 | ‘ But I would never set out to hurt anybody because I know what it 's like to be on the receiving end . ’ |
| 18 | Designed by women who know exactly what it 's like to be pregnant . |
| 19 | At least Mr Mellor knows what it 's like to be hounded now . |
| 20 | You ca n't imagine what it 's like to be completely controlled like that by a very strong personality . |
| 21 | On the other hand , when you go abroad to a country where you 're completely unrecognized , you 're reminded what it 's like to be a member of the public , and that can be very sobering — life without the smiles and knowing looks . |
| 22 | I mean I know what it 's like to be Black . |
| 23 | Nobody can imagine what it 's like to be me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Must be what it 's like to be an Olympic jumper , ’ she thought . |
| 25 | I 'm going to give you some idea of what it 's like to be fucked . ’ |
| 26 | Have you ever thought seriously about what it 's like to be a ghost ? |
| 27 | You never think what it 's like to be one of us . |
| 28 | She 's simply being as welcoming and hospitable as I 've always heard the Taiwanese are , and trying to help me feel at home and among friends because she knows what it 's like to be a newcomer in a foreign city herself . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If you 'd like to find out what it 's like to be put over my knee and given a good thrashing in a public place that 's probably the best way to do it . ’ |
| 30 | Lessons on what it 's like to be a European went down a treat with the pupils of a rural Ulster primary school last week . |