Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] that this be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I obtained the death certificate of Thomas Batty ( 1882 ) , I read that he had lived at Mastington ; I eventually discovered that this was a copyist 's error for Markington . |
| 2 | Be that as it may , I suddenly realised that this was not a game of cricket any more . |
| 3 | I finally made it into Webber Douglas where I finally realised that this was where I belonged . |
| 4 | So I immediately assumed that this was what was happening to my own kids . |
| 5 | There were some astonishing shouting matches over trifles , but we soon realized that this was his way of life . |
| 6 | We really felt that this was a book to push on , and so we talked to the trade very early on , consulted them on the jacket and so on . |
| 7 | Thanks are due to our audience at that concert — they immediately recognised that this was a new star , and applauded him to the echo . |
| 8 | He genuinely believed that this was the least the belligerents could do in return for the " sacrifices " made by Spain during the Civil War . |
| 9 | Darwin 's later descriptions of his theory use artificial selection as a means of introducing the reader to the possibility of a natural equivalent , and he always implied that this was how he himself discovered his theory . |
| 10 | But he once explained that this was due merely to prolonged gazing at himself in a mirror . ’ |
| 11 | He also realised that this was a situation far beyond his metier and summoned the duty staff officer , who arrived resplendent in full ceremonials , pantaloons , highly polished knee-length riding boots , and regulation yellow walking stick , and visited Shaw in his billet and confronted him in a corner , where he held court . |
| 12 | Berry knew the record business backwards , and he also knew that this was what Virgin 's success had been built on . |
| 13 | He also knew that this was Lennie 's chance to gain some respect from the other men , especially Curley . |
| 14 | He immediately realized that this was a most unusual kind of cat and started a breeding programme . |