Example sentences of "be that it [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble with winning , she explained , was that it left her with bad memories rather than good . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Chemistry had also had symbols , but the problem was that it had them in profusion . |
| 4 | The only advantage of illness , as far as Eliot was concerned , was that it released him from the general round of works and days — it was , he used to say , his body 's way of telling him to stop — and during periods of ill health such as this one he seemed better able to write . |
| 5 | Another greatly pleasurable result of the broadcast was that it put me in touch with colleagues of his , and their wives , in the lighthouse business , several of whom wrote me the kindest letters expressing the most heart-warming comments . |