Example sentences of "[noun sg] be that [pers pn] [vb past] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 2 | The only difference was that she understood him now . |
| 3 | The attraction of the concept was that it allowed him to square a number of circles at once . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most important element in Florey 's brief occupation of the Sheffield chair was that it brought him into close contact with Edward Mellanby ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 5 | There was no laughter now , no mockery , and she went still , wondering how to answer the question , how to explain that the reason was that she loved him . |