Example sentences of "it be like [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like trying to breathe through a thick chador . ’ |
| 2 | It 's like trying to turn beef steak rawk into a New Age lentilburger , not by changing the ingredients but simply enveloping it all in a laser-fried wholemeal bun and hoping that nobody will notice the difference . |
| 3 | It 's like trying to peel an onion . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's like trying to break into the Kremlin strongbox . ’ |
| 5 | He was more elated than when he had been shooting as an international for Great Britain : ‘ It 's like trying to get eight draws on the football pools — anybody can win . |
| 6 | The momentum is there and it 's like trying to change the course of a battleship . |
| 7 | If you are , it 's a real strength It 's like going to buy a packet of peas . |
| 8 | It is like trying to ladle out the sea with a sieve . ) |
| 9 | It is like trying to predict the outcome of a game of chess before anyone has made a move . |
| 10 | For thirty minutes it is like trying to push a marshmallow into a coinbox . |
| 11 | It is like trying to push on a piece of string : it can not be done . |
| 12 | It is like trying to get a firm grip on a plateful of pudding . |
| 13 | Again , the control layout would bother me because the volume pot for the bridge pickup is the middle of the three , but I think I could get used to it — although at present it is like trying to get used to driving a new car where they 've put the gearstick in the middle of the passenger seat . |
| 14 | By this time , we got the impression that the gulf between Walworth Road and Streatham was so great , it was like trying to control unruly hill tribes beyond Hadrian 's Wall . |
| 15 | I could n't understand how I could possibly make the individual pine-needles knit ; it was like trying to carry grain in a net , or water in a cloth . |
| 16 | It was like trying to whistle with a sardine in your mouth . |
| 17 | It was like trying to push a fully harnessed plough horse . |
| 18 | She and I separated ( it was like trying to unpick a mangled shoelace ) and I staggered through to take the call . |
| 19 | She tried to keep the conversation general and without barbs but it was like trying to float a small boat in a treacherous sea . |
| 20 | It was like trying to prepare for an earthquake or a hurricane . |
| 21 | It was like trying to shore up a wall of quicksand . |
| 22 | It was like trying to age an oak . |
| 23 | It was like trying to recall a dream . |
| 24 | John 's tears were so enormous it was like trying to stem a leak in the plumbing . |
| 25 | The solid uncooperative bundle was surprisingly heavy ; it was like trying to manoeuvre a firm and rather smelly poultice . |
| 26 | It was like waiting to jump off a cliff — and then , not jumping . |
| 27 | It was like coming to harbour after a rough passage — with an armful of comfort to hand . |