Example sentences of "that [vb past] [pers pn] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another thing that surprised me was the manager 's quotes after the defeat at Spurs . |
| 2 | The only thing that spoilt it was the absence of Robert . |
| 3 | One thing that frightened him was the thought that , for some reason or other , Busby might prevent them from leaving . |
| 4 | Another flower that astonished me was the bloom of the Golden Abutilon . |
| 5 | The first thing that struck her was the cold . |
| 6 | The first thing that struck me was the weight of everything . |
| 7 | Another thing that struck me was the difference in sexual attitudes between Germany and Britain . |
| 8 | It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect . |
| 9 | And in the middle there was an area open to space , just a circle of bare surface with a window all the way round it , and a sign on the window that said it was the site of the Capellan arrival in the solar system . |
| 10 | ‘ And all this from the party that said it was the party of low taxation . |