Example sentences of "it be that [pron] had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be that she had retraced her steps , worked out that the house was Littlecote and the perpetrator of this heinous crime was Darrel ? |
| 2 | Could n't it be that she had needed to loathe him so that she could smother the awakening of her real feelings for him ? |
| 3 | Could it be that he had invented the entire tableau , he wondered ? |
| 4 | Friend stood back — or rather , his pattern spun off a little way so that she could see what it was that they had built inside the black of infinity . |
| 5 | I wondered , since my mother was principally concerned for my health , and Lili only for my dress , why it was that I had felt secure until my mother arrived . |
| 6 | And how it was that I had rediscovered the gift in pubescence , as if prompted by my burgeoning sexuality . |
| 7 | Let Lucy articulate , lay herself on whatever uncomfortable line it was that she had elected to draw . |
| 8 | This place had bred romance after romance , and it was as if it was that she had felt tingling in the air all night , like a presence … |
| 9 | And then , when he was about eighteen , reality of another kind intruded itself and he said aloud , ‘ I did n't do it for Alice , I did it for myself ’ , and thought how extraordinary it was that it had taken four years to discover that fact . |
| 10 | He closed his eyes and tried with all the concentration of which he was capable to see with his mind exactly what it was that he had wanted to paint . |
| 11 | It was that he had made her betray herself . |
| 12 | Once again she wondered what it was that he had done in the war to make Anthony so angry . |
| 13 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 14 | It was that he had found a place in which to discover that there was of course , of course , no such Being at all . |
| 15 | It was that he had had printed a leaflet , which he was taking to hotels , restaurants , shops , advertising his firm : Philip Fowler , Builder and Decorator ; that he had to get real work , soon ; that he thought he had contributed more than his share to this house , which was now in working order . |
| 16 | Shortly after his father died the new Earl said how regrettable it was that he had died alone . |