Example sentences of "[adv] what [pers pn] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 2 | I ca n't see your face when you sit in that comer , ’ said Bella. ‘ — You thought the world of that Simon , did n't you ? — I know just what it 's like . |
| 3 | And it 's quite interesting to , to go and look at that road now and see just what it 's like . |
| 4 | It is nevertheless of interest to see from their reaction to the various issues raised in the questionnaire , just what it is about the scheme ( and about SSE generally ) , which they feel is threatening . |
| 5 | Laba was quite a celebrity in the village , and from him we learnt just what it is like to be embraced by a really big snake . |
| 6 | But even by Stella 's reckoning there are a lot of people who know exactly what it is like to be out of work and with little hope of finding a job . |
| 7 | He knows exactly what it 's like to have to keep an eye open in every dark , steamy nook and cranny for cancer squatters . |
| 8 | Designed by women who know exactly what it 's like to be pregnant . |
| 9 | Right so I wo n't draw a graph , but we 'll see if we can work out a sketch of a graph , roughly what it 's like . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , the funny thing is that I do n't know really what it 's like because I 'm not in that little room any more . |
| 11 | It 's dearer in here what it is in Toys R Us . |