Example sentences of "be [that] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to his arrival Sotheby 's ( still specialising heavily in books at this date ) had an unwritten agreement with Christie 's that they sent them any pictures brought to their offices and in return Christie 's sent them any books they received for sale . |
| 2 | Erm , but , we had a , that was , that was quite good , but I must , there 's a trick to remembering names , and that is that you use it all the time , so any time , if you want to remember somebodys name , every time you see them you say hello and there name |
| 3 | And then after a brief explanation , ‘ The only reason I write to you is that you warned me this would happen . ’ |
| 4 | Another noteworthy aspect of Circumspecte agatis is that it reminds us that legislation at that time was by no means limited to parliamentary acts , but could result from decisions of the king and his councillors , expressed in general writs to his justices and sheriffs . |
| 5 | His real problem is that he believes it all . |
| 6 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |
| 7 | erm no what happened was that he gave me some bones that were far too big for the dogs . |