Example sentences of "[pers pn] what it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did she tell you what it 's for ? ’ |
| 2 | Stella Shields can tell you what it 's like . |
| 3 | I 'll go , my sister 's going with us and I 'll , the following Wednesday I 'll tell you what it 's like . |
| 4 | However , I can tell you what it is about : Hawking 's work , in the light of the Big Bang that created the universe , to reconcile Einstein 's theory of relativity with quantum mechanics . |
| 5 | But an accumulation of words will not show you what it is like . |
| 6 | Do n't ask who it was with , they asked you what it was for . |
| 7 | She looked after him and said , in a low voice , ‘ I wish I could tell you what it was like in the desert . |
| 8 | I 'll show you what it was like . |
| 9 | So Moses asks him what it is for , and the shepherd replies , " This is God 's milk . " |
| 10 | I had n't caught too many tubes myself so I asked him what it was like in there . |
| 11 | But , when she suddenly discovered an urgent desire to know his name , she knew that she would only end up feeling foolish if she asked him what it was in this moment of parting . |
| 12 | If the questioner persists by saying : ‘ At least explain to me what it 's like to believe in God ’ , they will refuse the offer once again . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Now tell me what it is about your eidetic ability that is causing you so much distress . ’ |
| 15 | He would n't even tell me what it was over the phone . ’ |
| 16 | I moved to a different phase and involved myself in witch-like pursuits , looking for a special spell ( they had already told me what it was to be ) . |
| 17 | Tell me what it was like in the Army . ’ |
| 18 | Well tell me what it was like for you , from your point of view , erm , erm coming to a New Town with a teenage son because most of the couples who came either did n't have any children or were just about to have baby |
| 19 | I keep it specially to remind me what it was like . |
| 20 | As I got up , the man from the radio came over and asked me what it was like as he was getting forced into doing it later on . |
| 21 | Or talk to anyone who saw her on one of the nights when she was worth seeing , and ask them what it was like . |
| 22 | This chapter tells us what it 's like . |
| 23 | Given that the state superstructure might be ‘ overdeveloped ’ in relation to the class structure of a given colony , because it originally had its base in the metropolitan rather than the indigenous social structure , this does not tell us what it was about colonialism which produced a state system in which the military-bureaucratic oligarchy was dominant . |
| 24 | — Sid Breeze : By popular request , another chance to hear Sid tell us what it was like to drive a steam engine on British Railways . |