Example sentences of "[was/were] it like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were it like a timeshare ? |
| 2 | As he said in his first novel , answering one of his early girlfriend 's naive questions , ‘ What was it like to have no father ? ’ he laconically answered , ‘ It made you more grown-up . |
| 3 | ‘ What was it like on the galactic tour of state ? ’ he went on . |
| 4 | What was it like being proposed to by a New York City Planner with a voice to melt molasses by ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What was it like ? |
| 6 | ‘ Was it like when I was ill and could n't eat ? |
| 7 | Fair enough , so what was it like working with the big guy ? |
| 8 | Then , pausing to wipe his forehead he asked : ‘ Jos , what was it like , in the forest ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ What was it like ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What was it like ? |
| 11 | WHAT was it like to grow old in the past in Britain ? |
| 12 | And it 's so odd , it 's hard now when somebody says , ‘ What was it like ? ’ or says , ‘ What did she use to wear ? ’ because of course we all saw her all the time and thought nothing of it , saw her at the very least once a week ( missing service , it was called , if you went a week without visiting , and it was certain to be discussed amongst the congregation when you did finally show up ) , it 's just very odd for me to think that you were never there and that this is all strange to you when to us it was just an ordinary life . |
| 13 | What was it like at home when the youngest child started school . |
| 14 | What was it like ? ’ you grandchildren may ask in the future , for the late eighties in Britain might well become known as the second ‘ Belle Epoque ’ . |
| 15 | Was it like , ‘ Okay , it 's all over … ’ ? |
| 16 | What was it like doing the Freddie Mercury Tribute gig ? |
| 17 | But what was it like working with Blixa Bargeld , The Bad Seeds ' legendarily perverse guitarist ? |
| 18 | ‘ What was it like at Erfoud ? ’ |
| 19 | What was it like to fly ? |
| 20 | What was it like working with the late John Huston ? |
| 21 | What was it like climbing somewhere no-one had ever explored before ? |
| 22 | Jasper said , ‘ What was it like ? ’ |
| 23 | " What was it like ? " she asked eventually . |
| 24 | erm was it like erm you gave me a fair amount of |
| 25 | so what was it like , you know , from your point of view and , and first , yes |
| 26 | Was it like a see through , like a net kind of curtain , no |
| 27 | ‘ Well , what was it like ? ’ |
| 28 | Sam ( RH ) : What was it like in an air-raid shelter ? |
| 29 | What was it like , life in the 1980s for a woman on her own ? |
| 30 | What was it like ? " |