Example sentences of "be [adj] that [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am afraid that I told him to go away and not be silly . |
| 2 | When Harry had kissed Cora-Beth goodbye in Kentucky a week ago , he had been convinced that he loved her . |
| 3 | As a user and devotee of Wainwright 's books , I am convinced that he wrote them primarily as works of creative art , for sharing with those of like mind . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're sorry that we teased you — and I promise to wear my blue headband tomorrow , ’ Sophie whispered in her ear . |
| 5 | ‘ Ye 're sure that ye heard nothing . ’ |
| 6 | But I am glad that I provoked him into an unqualified withdrawal of his disgraceful unjustified comments . |
| 7 | I always felt that Basil was a very shy , warm hearted man with a special sort of honesty and I am glad that I knew him . |
| 8 | I am glad that you found them useful . |
| 9 | He gave way generously to many hon. Members — and I am sure that they appreciated it — but I suspect that we were hearing the Minister 's swan song . |
| 10 | When , she thought , had there ever been a moment when she had been unsure that she disliked him ? |
| 11 | I 'm sorry that I told you now . |
| 12 | Mostly I 'm sorry that I hurt myself . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry that I accused you of taking them . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , I 'm glad that I behaved myself , then , ’ he said , his face clearing suddenly . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm glad that I caught you . |
| 16 | They have high inflation , I might add to you that it had a far far more damaging effect on poor old pensioners , like myself and I 'm a war pensioner as well , poor old pensioners t to be serious , old people and people of limited means who are affected far more by the cure , the other cure that the Labour party tried that that was high inflation , mind you I 'm sure that they tried it , I think it just happened . |
| 17 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 18 | Oh you can keep going though totally over the top I thought well Joseph 's was twelve ninety nine and Ben 's was fourteen nineteen ninety nine and that 's just tough that I 've got you know , I ca n't get Charlotte 's any cheaper than that , but , I mean they 're not gon na know how much I 've , they 're not gon na say well you 've got five pound more than what I have cos they 're not of that age so , that 's how I 've left it , that 's what I 'm gon na do , I 'll get her the circus and then they can swap them over and Joseph will be happy that he got something on wheels |
| 19 | For others , however , it will be plain that they made their asylum claim to extend their stay here only when they had failed to prolong it by other means . |
| 20 | Even Einstein , when he formulated the general theory of relativity in 1915 , was so sure that the universe had to be static that he modified his theory to make this possible , introducing a so-called cosmological constant into his equations . |
| 21 | She could not be certain that she wanted it to be true . |
| 22 | But so I mean I think the case for Regional Government is definitely there and I 'm surprised by Councillor , I 'm surprised that you said your group is n't seeing it . |
| 23 | I 'm surprised that he let you believe he was . |
| 24 | Mr. Williams , the bank manager , said in evidence : ‘ before the charge was signed I would have to be satisfied that she knew what she was saying . ’ |
| 25 | And the story that I heard which may not be true that he had he did n't have the wig and gown . |
| 26 | On this particular the Government have got it right , and I am proud that they got it right . |
| 27 | I am pleased that we recognised our earlier error . |
| 28 | Unlike the Minister , I am not sorry that I was not on the Committee ; I am pleased that I missed it . |
| 29 | This , in turn , improved my singles game considerably and I won the Baghdad Open one year playing against Indians in the main , who were horrified that I insisted we played in the heat of a Baghdad afternoon when it was normally well over 110° in the shade , and there was no shade — mad dogs and Scotsmen ! |
| 30 | For example , we do n't know whether non-human species get depressed and even if we were sure that they did there would still be a lot of doubt about which behaviours signified depression in an animal . |