Example sentences of "[verb] that it [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would surprise everyone by getting a new speech right , but then show that it had been at the expense of other sections of dialogue . |
| 2 | ‘ If my memory serves me correct , it was you who declared that it had been of no consequence and to wipe it out , ’ he said , the adoring fiancé replaced by an aloof accuser . |
| 3 | His body felt that it had been in a terrible accident . |
| 4 | USSR Interior Minister Boris Pugo explained that it had been at the request of a " national salvation committee " formed by the pro-Moscow Lithuanian CP on Jan. 11 , after its members were allegedly beaten up outside parliament as they protested against " anti-Soviet slander " in the media . |
| 5 | If that trust is breached , as the Whigs held that it had been by James II , the people have the right to resist the government and replace it with another . |