Example sentences of "[vb pp] what it be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Hard for you young bastards … old buggers like me , we 've forgotten what it 's like . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've almost forgotten what it 's like to live a normal life , ’ she said drily . |
| 4 | All this time , all these years , I 've been lugging this weight around with me , for so long now that I 've forgotten what it 's like to be free of it . |
| 5 | And I 've forgotten what it is to be impulsive . |
| 6 | Although obviously a very experienced and skilful pilot , David Mason has not forgotten what it is like to be a raw student , and there is a streak of dry humour in his observations of each stage of the training process . |
| 7 | But the pleasures are , of course , those of youth , and Lewis at the age of forty seems to have forgotten what it was like to be young . |
| 8 | He had lost so many times , he had forgotten what it was like to win . |
| 9 | Had we forgotten what it was like to be young ? |
| 10 | How could he , Theo , have forgotten what it was like for him in Amsterdam ? |
| 11 | I am totally convinced that most grown-ups have completely forgotten what it was like to be a child between say the age of five and ten . |
| 12 | Having decided what it is in your story that they will have to do , try to switch to thinking of each one of them as a simple human being . |
| 13 | are they settling in , there 's also stuff in there and you know , getting to know the staff , getting to know your class school rules , coming to school prepared what it 's like on your first day er , their first week , what you were worried about when you first came and coming to scho , fears and realities and all |
| 14 | seen what it is under there cos |
| 15 | They have seen what it is like to be unable to meet their mortgage repayments and be faced with redundancy and unemployment . |
| 16 | You 've seen what it 's like . |
| 17 | I was flattered when she first asked me , and curious , but when I 'd seen what it was like , I was n't interested . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd always seen what it was like — going on location with my dad , having money and not having money , seeing when Dad was a hit and when he was n't a hit . |
| 19 | Almost 3,000 people have been shown what it 's like behind bars . |
| 20 | Elinor dreamily remembered what it was like to feel that your lover possessed all the wonderful qualities you wanted , before you realized that he did n't possess them , and that perhaps you had forced those qualities on him in the first place . |
| 21 | His kin are entrepreneurs , a wandering bourgeoisie : they have known what it is to be strangers in tight corners , as he himself is a stranger in this tight African town . |
| 22 | ‘ And terrible though it is , Mama , is n't it better to feel like this now than never to have known what it was like to love someone so much ? ’ |
| 23 | All Joe 's life he 'd been asked what it was like being Jerry Lewis 's kid and his answer was always : ‘ It 's great , he 's great ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Several people have asked what it was like to have to film scenes like that with your future daughter-in-law , ’ Jim says . |
| 25 | Asked what it was like to be home , Shane gestured to the crowd and said : ‘ Do I really need to answer that ? ’ |
| 26 | She was asked what it was like , really like , to be on the stage . |
| 27 | I had n't realised what it was at all , presumably a note . |