Example sentences of "[det] [be] that [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result of all this was that I returned to Europe and settled in Paris with her . |
| 2 | One idea was that they roll downslope from the submarine volcanic vent like plastic bags full of water , before piling up on top of one another ; another was that they whizzed along the sea bed , supported by a cushion of collapsing steam bubbles ; while a third suggested that ‘ pillows ’ are n't separate entities at all , but long , worm-like tubes whose thickness varies along their length . |
| 3 | What pleased me very much was that someone said of my first photographs taken abroad that they looked like they had been taken anywhere . |
| 4 | What pleased me very much was that someone said of my first photographs taken abroad that they looked as if they could have been taken anywhere . |
| 5 | In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’ |
| 6 | One question , and that is that I noticed on page three , er , you 've got your revised estimate with effect in ninety four , five , you 've got nothing . |