Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] be [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burn had been ploughing that May afternoon and was leading his horses back to the field after his tea . |
| 2 | It was a shirt exactly like the one her singer had been wearing that night , as he swaggered among the women , and whispered ‘ Me quieres ? ’ to them all . |
| 3 | Colonel Windsor 's initial reaction had been to discount that , no matter how trustworthy the source ; but now , as he reflected on it , he felt it could well be true . |
| 4 | Nor did he reimburse Alistair for the lunch , though he did explain that his wallet had been emptied that morning — by which alcoholic , Sixsmith never established . |
| 5 | She 'd found her way to Charlie through another of the contact magazines , back in the days when his wife had been handling that end of the business ; she 'd had to send along a photograph and that had gone a little against the grain — in all of her moonlighting so far , she 'd never let slip so much as her name — but everything had worked out well . |
| 6 | Winchelsey 's pre-eminent objective had been to ensure that clerical taxation by the crown — conceded in principle at the Third Lateran Council in 1179 — was subject to clerical consent and was collected and managed by the clergy , a necessary corollary to their freedom of consent . |
| 7 | After warning had been given that poll-tax bills will average £400 ( $780 ) in April , Westminster council announced that residents will have to pay only £176 , down £19 on last year . |
| 8 | Albeit , Renee 's fame throughout the locality had been assured that night . |
| 9 | Maggie was tempted to that particular plot , for the story had been told that way so many times , and it is very hard , at moments of crisis , to re-cast the language and the shape of old stories . |
| 10 | And , guests were told , Mrs. Jarrett 's first pension cheque had been received that very morning ! |
| 11 | Yet at 1130 hrs that morning a Corps Commander 's Conference had been held at 5 Corps HQ [ Kp 217 ] at which one of the main topics discussed had been " the Evacuation of the Cossacks to the Russians " and under this heading the decision had been taken that : " Divs will be prepared to shoot at Cossacks to enforce the evacuation plan . " |
| 12 | If a listeners ' poll had been taken that evening I believe we would have rated 100% listenership . |
| 13 | Dinner had been strained that evening . |
| 14 | But Mr Norman Dunn , Newtownabbey 's Council director of leisure and technical services , said the impression had been given that ‘ security cameras were going to hide from every tree . |