Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [be] [pron] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is my sister , the lovely Argentina ; that there is our performing parakeet , Paraclete Pete . |
| 2 | Not-do n't tell me that it 's our friend Sir Henry ! ’ |
| 3 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 4 | When the West Country clothiers ' advocate William Temple wanted in 1739 to point to the advantages of the weavers , he stressed that it was their family earnings which lifted them above the condition of the farm worker . |
| 5 | Of course , having always possessed an interest in astrology , she knew that it was her Arien opposition that made her react so whenever she was under threat . |
| 6 | At a recent press conference in Lahore , Nawaz Sharif claimed that it was his peace mission which brought about the joint US-Soviet communique which embarrassed the Bush government on the eve of Bush 's ‘ State of the Nation ’ address . |
| 7 | Everything seemed to indicate that it was our friend Argol , or some flunkey of his . |
| 8 | Edward Saul , in An Historical and Philosophical Account of the Barometer or Weather-glass ( 1735 ) says : ‘ it may perhaps be an Inducement to some of the Gentlemen of Lincolnshire , to deal with Mr Jonathan Sisson … ; that he is their Country Man , and eminent for his great Skill , Accuracy and Fidelity , both in the Construction of his Barometers , and in whatever Work , he undertakes , or delivers out of his Hands . ’ |
| 9 | Harry McDonald was a strong , sturdy left-back , but he possessed a turn of speed that was unexpected in a defender and which frequently surprised his opposing wingers , so that he was our first-choice number three for over three seasons . |