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Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] [pers pn] [be] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	During his waking hours the thought that haunted him was the Renault 18 and its two occupants .
2	I saw no one on the long lonely road home , and the only enemy that attacked me was the midges .
3	The next climb that attracted us was The Magic Line on El Gorro Frigio — a large dome higher up the massif .
4	The only thing that linked them was the embarrassing albatross of a marriage in whose death both of them had been guilty .
5	Another thing that surprised me was the manager 's quotes after the defeat at Spurs .
6	‘ The right hook that finished him was the best body punch I 've ever thrown ’ said Damien with the air of a winner .
7	The only thing that spoilt it was the absence of Robert .
8	All that betrayed her was the slight tremor in the hand holding her wineglass .
9	One thing that frightened him was the thought that , for some reason or other , Busby might prevent them from leaving .
10	The constituency that chose you was the Conservative party .
11	Another flower that astonished me was the bloom of the Golden Abutilon .
12	The first thing that struck her was the cold .
13	One thing that struck me was the great need to bear children .
14	It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect .
15	Another thing that struck me was the difference in sexual attitudes between Germany and Britain .
16	The first thing that struck me was the weight of everything .
17	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 .
18	‘ And all this from the party that said it was the party of low taxation .
19	One of soccer 's great trouble-shooters clocked in at the Cadbury 's chocolate factory where Rovers train but the last thing that greeted him was the sweet smell of success .