Example sentences of "[vb past] be that [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happened was that we allowed our critics to feed in information about prisons which was to our detriment . |
| 2 | erm no what happened was that he gave me some bones that were far too big for the dogs . |
| 3 | That was how she described it to herself , although what it really meant was that he took her to bed whenever he felt like it and occasionally gave her an absent-minded smile backstage . |
| 4 | What really mattered was that he loved you and that tomorrow he would be waiting by the beech tree , at seven . |
| 5 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |
| 6 | All that she knew was that she needed it . |
| 7 | All she knew was that she wanted him out of her flat — and out of her life — before he managed to do any more harm . |
| 8 | These courses , designed to provide this information , were over-subscribed and the feedback from those who attended was that they wished they had been available earlier . |
| 9 | Berowne 's only explanation had been that he felt it was time for his life to take a new direction . |
| 10 | All I said was that I thought it was a judgement from God that Blyth had first lost his leg and then had the replacement become the instrument of his downfall . |
| 11 | The only difference her success made was that she thought her an incompetent fool who was lucky enough to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 12 | The first thing I realised was that I liked her . |
| 13 | The impression we got was that they thought it was pretty much his own fault . |