Example sentences of "this be [subord] [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I considered myself to be unattractive , and in becoming so thin as to render myself totally undesirable sexually , I was saying , ‘ I may be unattractive , but this is because I choose to be this way . ’ |
| 2 | This is cos they tend to be high status professionals who 's time is relatively precious , so that you can go to the extent of actually having waiting rooms that you can be kept hanging around in . |
| 3 | But this was when you moved to was n't it ? |
| 4 | This was because it amounted to a transfer back to X of property in the car ( because Y 's cheque had not been met ) in return for X waiving any right to enforce payment from Y. At the time of the repossession , X was unaware of Y's sale to Z and thus by repossessing the car with Y 's acquiescence , X obtained ownership of it by virtue of section 25(1) of the 1893 Act ( i.e. section 24 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 ) . |
| 5 | Perhaps this was because she belonged to Fred , which meant that there was no call to Oh , all that , he thought , shutting up in his own head . |