Example sentences of "[pron] be that she have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So single-minded had she been that she 'd forgotten the presence of Mike and this man . |
| 2 | She put my book down , said for about the fourth time how sorry she was that she 'd missed my reading , but she 'd simply felt too shaky . |
| 3 | The first thing we talked about was how wearing the camisole top had made her feel self-conscious , and how glad she was that she had put a shirt over it . |
| 4 | Could it be that she had retraced her steps , worked out that the house was Littlecote and the perpetrator of this heinous crime was Darrel ? |
| 5 | Could n't it be that she had needed to loathe him so that she could smother the awakening of her real feelings for him ? |
| 6 | She could n't quite remember when it was that she 'd realized Georg took it for granted they 'd get married as soon as she was old enough . |
| 7 | She was sitting on the bed with her album — that sparsely-peopled record of whatever it was that she 'd left behind and she was n't leafing through it but hugging it close , as if it was a physical source of comfort to her when times were at their lowest . |
| 8 | Let Lucy articulate , lay herself on whatever uncomfortable line it was that she had elected to draw . |
| 9 | This place had bred romance after romance , and it was as if it was that she had felt tingling in the air all night , like a presence … |
| 10 | Or was it because he was the way he was that she had walked out one day when Dadda was at work and he at school , leaving a note on the kitchen table and the remains of the week 's housekeeping money ? |