Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [pron] be [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last I had five pounds — but when my father and I went to buy them we were told that they cost fifteen pounds , a considerable sum of money to an eight-year-old , and way beyond my means . |
| 2 | ‘ By televising it we are showing that the fight against crime is continuing all the time . ’ |
| 3 | When I tried to ring you I was told that the Diomede number is ex-directory . |
| 4 | I think we I 'm assuming that as long as we do n't get more than say three hours of one type of recording from each place , we can get as much , apart from that constraint |
| 5 | Another is , in either case , what exactly would constitute greater or lesser logic ( since I take it no-one is claiming that any speaker communicates in propositional calculus ) . |
| 6 | I take it you 're agreed that we ought to go on expanding our hotel interests , right ? |
| 7 | So we do have a problem to address but the I I like Mr would certainly want some explanation from the director of social services if erm the report that we have before us at the planning sub-committee is incorrect because I deal with it said it it be noted that the capacity now exists to arrange for the transfer of residents from four homes to other res residential units as part of the rationalisation programme . |