Example sentences of "[Wh det] it 's [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think you 're getting you know you know what it 's about do n't you ? |
| 2 | Delighted ‘ We know what it 's like to fall on hard times . |
| 3 | It 's a question that their parents may also be unable to answer , so it 's important that students be given some idea of what it 's like to earn one 's living creatively as early as possible , and so help dispel some of the fear and disbelief that discussions about this ‘ odd ’ way of working always seem to produce . |
| 4 | Forget what it 's like learning a long part . |
| 5 | Dissecting and describing , he makes you not only know but feel what it 's like to live without a phone and be totally dependent on erratically functioning call boxes for the battle-lines on which to fight for late or lost benefit payments . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've almost forgotten what it 's like to live a normal life , ’ she said drily . |
| 7 | ‘ Wait till we start campaigning , ’ Osbern of Eu had said to Thorfinn , ‘ and then you 'll know what it 's like to live again . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ You just do n't know what it 's like living in a town — it 's different . ’ |
| 10 | Next , try depicting the mannequin leaning on a stick or sitting down , remembering as your draw what it 's like to do these things yourself . |
| 11 | Next , try depicting the mannequin leaning on a stick or sitting down , remembering as your draw what it 's like to do these things yourself . |
| 12 | You know what it 's like getting petrol at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | Do you realise what it 's like having something like this hanging over your head ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The witty ones ask what it 's like to fly . |
| 16 | But all were agreed that her insight into what it 's like to work in space was fascinating . |
| 17 | ‘ We already know what it 's like to accelerate hard . ’ |
| 18 | Suggest that in small groups they make an image to show what it 's like to experience conflicting feelings — of sorrow , loss , relief , excitement , hope , expectation . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Cannon said yesterday : ‘ We both know what it 's like to fight council planning officers . |
| 22 | You never even set fire to a man on the ground , so you do n't know what it 's like to burn one . ’ |
| 23 | He looked at her and said in a hard voice , ‘ I do n't suppose you know what it 's like to feel simply damned useless . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | Is this what it 's like to have time on your hands ? |
| 26 | He knows exactly what it 's like to have to keep an eye open in every dark , steamy nook and cranny for cancer squatters . |
| 27 | Finance director Colin Stone , 44 , said : ‘ We can remember what it 's like to have nothing . |
| 28 | Fil continues : ‘ We just happen to be in this bit … ( much laughter ) … of no money and knowing what it 's like to have no prospects . |
| 29 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'VE TRIED to imagine what it 's like to drown . |