Example sentences of "[vb past] this be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everyone agreed this was a rather daft time to conduct the inspection , when staff can not be expected to be enthusiastic . |
| 2 | ‘ Everyone agreed this was a rather daft time to conduct the inspection , when staff can not be expected to be enthusiastic . |
| 3 | erm called Bocodonism and it turns out , find out later in the book that the reason they outlawed this is because of the guy Bocodon who was , who originated the religion had made a deal with the head of the state of the country that he would outlaw it , so that 's how the religion thrived , because it was outlawed |
| 4 | PC Laney grudgingly admitted this was probably so . |
| 5 | Then Waddell 's alibi , Donald Carmichael , who had said at Meehan 's trial that Waddell had been staying with him on the night of the murder , now admitted this was a lie . |
| 6 | And he admitted this was n't the first time his feet had come a cropper . |
| 7 | He received a dismissal letter , but the county council later admitted this was ‘ based on misinformation ’ and withdrew it . |
| 8 | ‘ The next time I spoke to her she realised this was her golden opportunity to have her say , to get her retaliation in . |
| 9 | Then I realised this was unusual for an owl , because in the wild they tend to swallow their prey whole , so I simply stopped holding on to the chick and soon she was gobbling it up in one . |
| 10 | America realised this was not going to be an easy war to conclude . |
| 11 | Theodora realised this was rather a lame attempt on her part to steer clear of what was increasingly looking like a nasty piece of wreckage . |
| 12 | Moving like an automaton , she dressed in jeans and a warm sweater , smiling mirthlessly as she realised this was the third time she 'd been forced to flee from Dane Jacobsen . |
| 13 | I knew he now realized this was serious , but I was not sure I had got through to him how serious . |
| 14 | But after three such encounters he said he realized this was because after eight years she had stopped loving him and he made his famous remark about adultery . |
| 15 | Artemis realized this was a reference to her new stepmother , but she preferred to try and keep dropping her gathered pebbles into the centre of the splash made by the last one she had dropped . |
| 16 | Adam realized this was not the time to bring it out in the open . |
| 17 | As she was about to tell herself that she enjoyed this lifestyle , she realized this was not true . |
| 18 | And I learned after a few weeks that how he got this was There was no weather forecast as we know them now you know on the television . |
| 19 | It transpired this was his permanent secretary , Sir Bruce Fraser , one of the greatest Treasury mandarins of the day Vivian had acted without reference to his secretary of state , the Head of the Home Civil service , or the Prime Minister . |
| 20 | As it transpired this was not the best way to support the staff with their problems of low morale . |
| 21 | Tail held straight and fully bristled This is the signal of an aggressive cat . |
| 22 | Tail arched and bristled This is the signal of a defensive cat , but one that may attack if provoked further . |
| 23 | Tonight her skirt was rucked up almost to her waist and she found this was even better than usual because the bulge fitted neatly between her thighs and touched even deeper chords of excitement . |
| 24 | When he found this was n't good enough for the police , the result of speaking the truth being the lesser of two evils , he gave the name of a woman he had visited . |
| 25 | And I found months and months after that most of the boys that got on there had their fathers work there , who went to the office , or asked the Butties , they used to talk about Butties in the pit , and I found this was short for deputy . |
| 26 | Rain doubted this was necessary but did as he wished . |
| 27 | It costs an arm and a leg , but for the amount used this is not a problem ’ . |
| 28 | I was just gon na say erm that provided , provided this is |
| 29 | Baxter believed this was a very profitable exercise . |
| 30 | Some believed this was entirely possible , but continued to support the family by writing letters denouncing the procedures carried out by Orkney Islands Council . |