Example sentences of "have been that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their relationship was civilized and uncomplicated , and she wished it could have been that way too for Vi and Jane . |
| 2 | It might have been that way for a while , Scum argued , but after a couple of weeks the Boroughs shitkickers moved in , and the game was up . |
| 3 | A reasonable defence might have been that field sports were preferable to roaming the docks but , instead , the chief rabbi was assured that the boys needed the exercise . |
| 4 | It must have been that day or the next , Adam thought , that he or one of them , surely he , had first suggested the commune idea . |
| 5 | An uncommonly good lunch it must have been that day . |
| 6 | Sean , you could n't have been that shit-faced that you could n't go upto the Roger and ask him whether he was Roger or not ? |
| 7 | It may have been that while in Japan he found the taste of humble pie just a little too much to stomach . |
| 8 | It might have been that night I dreamed |
| 9 | Clearly Adalard 's influence was great ( Nithard was not alone in identifying Ermentrude as " Adalard 's niece " rather than as the daughter of Count Odo of Orléans , Adalard 's brother-in-law , though an obvious reason could have been that Odo had died eight years before , perhaps leaving Ermentrude in her uncle 's care ) . |
| 10 | Others said it must have been that girl who worked here , the one who was the German officer 's mistress , she knew everything that was going on around here . |
| 11 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 12 | It might have been that thing that er that bloke puts in them . |
| 13 | It should have been that thing squared and now we then having worked it out that far , |
| 14 | One deduction from this could have been that property should be as widely dispersed as possible , to enlarge the bounds of the citizen body . |
| 15 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |
| 16 | The area of Gallia Ulterior conceded to the Alans may well have been that area which had supported Tibatto , and the grant may well have been a means of punishing the rebels and keeping them under surveillance , as well as being a reward for the followers of Goar . |
| 17 | I think the problem is that this one point seven billion was er an actuarial assessment by Watsons i it may never have been that amount of money . |
| 18 | It must surely have been that quality , suggestive of significance , which drew so many writers and designers to vernacular styles , in both the later Victorian and the Edwardian periods . |