Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pers pn] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know whether it 's that we want much , too much |
| 2 | I do n't know whether it was that he wanted me to see my ‘ virtue ’ triumph over his ‘ vice ’ , or something subtler , that sometimes losing is winning . |
| 3 | ‘ I wonder if it 's that Jack the Ripper , ’ she laughed , and followed Dad out to the shed , leaving me with Liza who had just come in . |
| 4 | Good call on Kelly although if he keeps playing like he is that would be a conservative estimate , how anyone could ask 1.4 for fat ‘ mars ’ mel is beyond belief though — he has n't kicked a ball in 2 years ! ! ! |
| 5 | they use er , a very sort of sparse unpopulated area obviously and so you do get erm plants and animals having to , well change it so that they , er you take as it were that the genes changed , some does mutation probably alright , some probably not . |