Example sentences of "that [vb mod] [verb] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , that may have been the right impression , and I do n't want to force you to say more than you want to , or really anything , but I 'd like to know if you still want to write to me , possibly just about books , or if you wanted to — |
| 2 | And certainly n the case of Holland 's subsequent defeat by Switzerland , that may have been the crucial factor . |
| 3 | That must have been the only man ever to get no points three times in a row . |
| 4 | He was flim-flamming , of course , but that must have been the general burden of the letters . |
| 5 | My mother told my father and I think that must have been the worst time of my life . |
| 6 | I do n't know if that would 've been the right thing to do there . |
| 7 | Well presumably with , what we 're trying to do is create some sort of alternative family units , we do n't want , although , er , laudable what the youth service does , is , we would n't want , if they do n't want to plugged , clubbable together , if , if , if , if the , the unit could provide that , or provide alternatives to pick up the , the correlation between that and , and ordinary normal family unit , I would hope that that would have been the best way forward , erm , er , because often some youngsters are in this situation because they , they have n't found the , that sort of provision has been helpful for them . |
| 8 | Because I mean that would have been the first job offer . |