Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing that doing the talk show has taught me is that people hear what they expect to hear . |
| 2 | can promise you is that commissions awarded on basis of competition , we were looking for quality , we invited bids , we |
| 3 | Without for one moment implying any impropriety , this last episode demonstrates how deliciously appropriate it is that Mr Wyatt should subsequently have struck up such a warm friendship with the world 's foremost collector of air miles . |
| 4 | Theodora pressed on , ‘ What the vicar 's warden also told me was that Paul had become more and more involved with the Youth Club and , in particular , with Jefferson , who had worked with him at Narborough . |
| 5 | all you told me was that Miss White was retiring but I had n't to tell anyone , which I have n't done , which I do n't intend to do |
| 6 | What they told me was that people come to this country impersonating other people , get a passport and then pretend they 're British . |
| 7 | Why why do you feel it is that people are suspicious of their neighbours ? |
| 8 | Likewise , it is submitted that no modern court would say as Sir George Jessell MR did in Printing and Numerical Registering Co v Sampson ( 1875 ) LR 19 Eq 462 : … if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting , and that their contracts when entered into freely and voluntarily shall be held sacred and shall be enforced by courts of justice . |
| 9 | True it is that Ewan Beg thought he had killed his dallta — for I told him so . |
| 10 | Half the fun of viewing them is that subjects come up at random . |
| 11 | but you see they reckon it were that Sandra do n't they ? |
| 12 | One of the things that particularly amused him was that Hilary had pushed a red handkerchief into his sleeve as if it were a sign of breeding and distinction . |
| 13 | ‘ I asked him was that pounds or dollars and he said dollars , so I said sure that 's not so bad and offered him £5 off the price of a new sweater . |
| 14 | All I can tell you is that Winsor blue is one of the trade names for an intense blue pigment , copper phthalocyanine , which came into the palette sometime in the thirties . |
| 15 | All I can tell you is that Amy was in St Benet Oldfield on Friday night . ’ |
| 16 | What I can also tell you is that Lucy 's engaged the erm British Cast Iron Research Association to carry out a survey , and they tried to repeat the circumstances of the explosion , and they could n't do so . |
| 17 | What did bother him was that Graham used him to get at Barak . |
| 18 | It would be tedious to list the types and colours of stone , ceramic etc. used at each site in Britain ; if any picture at all emerges it is that mosaicists made good with what was easily obtained , and that the types of stone used for various shades of colour are predictable and limited in number . |
| 19 | Why do you think it is that people need to do it ? |
| 20 | I do n't think it was that Robert Rozario 'd admit to being the quickest player in the world . |
| 21 | What really intrigued me was that Francis always honoured women but on this occasion he studiously ignored the Lady Francesca . |
| 22 | Whether the security could be upheld if the only ground for impeaching it was that Mrs. Duval had no independent advice has not really to be determined . |
| 23 | but they remember which one I did , I think it was that Mothercare one they get grubby with the things and everything and it was a sunny day and I went outside with me bucket and me felt and me scrubbing brush |
| 24 | ‘ In part , I think it was that Brian Eyre and I managed to establish a way of working together so that the potential for internal conflict was minimised . |
| 25 | The way she put it was that Michel had very kindly offered to drive her to Paris , which she had never seen properly ( Simon used to grumble so about not being able to take her because of the war ) . |
| 26 | Did n't know you , anything about you , and the only thing I can think of to explain it is that Maura , Donal 's sister , told him the name of the family I was looking for . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , all I came to tell you was that Matilda has a brilliant mind . |