Example sentences of "it 's [prep] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sports Minister , more than most , knows what it 's like to be in with a dangerous hooker . ’ |
| 2 | I hope this article has given you some insight into what it 's like to be on the receiving end of your cichlid queries . |
| 3 | You do n't know what it 's like to be a lonely artist , wandering gipsy , bum … oh , I know I 'm no good , you do n't need to tell me … look , can you … what kind of trouble ? |
| 4 | Imagine what it 's like to be 45 … |
| 5 | He knows that we want to hear about his experience of Neighbours — ‘ They asked me to do Neighbours The Cyber Series , but I could n't go that far … feeling what it 's like to be in Jim Robinson 's shirt , what a waste of technology ’ — that we want tales of drugs and tripping , and an outsider 's observations on British cultural mistakes ( the shell suit ) . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't remember what it 's like to be drunk , ’ said O'Toole some years after taking the pledge , ‘ it 's so long since a drink passed my lips . |
| 7 | This next section takes you through an exploration of what it 's like to be assertive . |
| 8 | ‘ But I would never set out to hurt anybody because I know what it 's like to be on the receiving end . ’ |
| 9 | Designed by women who know exactly what it 's like to be pregnant . |
| 10 | At least Mr Mellor knows what it 's like to be hounded now . |
| 11 | You ca n't imagine what it 's like to be completely controlled like that by a very strong personality . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I mean I know what it 's like to be Black . |
| 14 | Nobody can imagine what it 's like to be me . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Must be what it 's like to be an Olympic jumper , ’ she thought . |
| 16 | I 'm going to give you some idea of what it 's like to be fucked . ’ |
| 17 | Have you ever thought seriously about what it 's like to be a ghost ? |
| 18 | You never think what it 's like to be one of us . |
| 19 | She 's simply being as welcoming and hospitable as I 've always heard the Taiwanese are , and trying to help me feel at home and among friends because she knows what it 's like to be a newcomer in a foreign city herself . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If you 'd like to find out what it 's like to be put over my knee and given a good thrashing in a public place that 's probably the best way to do it . ’ |
| 21 | Lessons on what it 's like to be a European went down a treat with the pupils of a rural Ulster primary school last week . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Is that what it 's like to be a mechanical man ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If this is what it 's like to be under your protection , I 'd bloody well like to know what would happen if I were n't ! ’ |
| 25 | Words ca n't describe what it 's like to be all ready for your operation and then be told it 's off again for the third time.It 's beyond a joke . |
| 26 | They encourage the children to imagine what it 's like to be a character in the play — one of two twins who are separated in a shipwreck and thrown up on a beach on a strange island . |
| 27 | ‘ You can write down what you like and people can read it any way they want but unless you 've got no job , no money and nowhere decent to live then you do n't know what it 's like to be out of work . |