Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 2 | He said the area had ‘ an extremely unfair image because the majority of people on this estate want the best housing facilities and the best education for the children and that is certainly my view in the year and a half that I 've been at the school ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ But now that I 've been on a regular contract at Brookside for the last two years I can afford a season ticket in the stand ! ’ |
| 4 | I 've never , in all the time that I 've been with the company , I 've never had any positive feedback at all . |
| 5 | Pakistan also have strong support from ex-Test stars from other countries such as Australia 's respected former captain , Richie Benaud , who says : ‘ On the opening day of the final Cornhill Test I was privileged to witness some of the finest swing bowling in the 44 years that I 've been in the game . |
| 6 | So far I 've been very fortunate in that I 've been in the right place at the right time ; buying land and property in a subdued market then selling it on when demand is high . |
| 7 | Erm that is an area where , that and road traffic accidents which has grown considerably in , in the time that I 've been in the service in more recent years , which has become more sophisticated , the equipment has become more sophisticated , the techniques have had to be developed to deal with them and firemen are becoming more expert in , in handling these er er situations with , with equipment er which is much more technical , and , and er |
| 8 | I remember that luncheon with Basil absolutely perfectly , and that I 'd been at the National Gallery or the Tate , and I had a postcard with me of one of those primitive paintings , naïve paintings , of a cricket match they still have postcards of it . |
| 9 | It was the first time , too , that I 'd been in a classroom with girls , and I got in with a bad bunch of women . |
| 10 | Something that I noticed is in the towns like Kirkwall and Stromness there 's a kind of slovenly way of speaking Orcadian where they go butter water . |
| 11 | Every breath that I take is like a gust of autumn breeze . |
| 12 | The thought hammered in my brain that I had been under the impression that I was fit . |
| 13 | My appearance showed that I had been on the surface — and the officials were kind enough to put some healants on my ( superficial ) burns while they sent mandroids to check my story . |
| 14 | As it turned out , Mother was still delighted to remind all her friends that I had been among the first women from the East End to sign the register . |
| 15 | I said that I had been in the British Army which prompted another Englishman called Chris to ask if I had known anybody in the Royal Signals in Aldershot or Catterick . |
| 16 | I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link . |
| 17 | After his liaison ended and he was alone again , he wrote simply and forlornly , ‘ I hated being alone so much that I preferred being with a bad whore to being alone . ’ |
| 18 | A good deal gives me the feeling that I have been for a nice seven-day trip to the Bahamas . ’ |
| 19 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 20 | In drawing comparisons between the state of credit marketing in the US and her , I am mindful that I have been in the UK for a long time and of that famous Bacon quote , ‘ Time is the greatest innovator ’ . |
| 21 | I speak as an hon. Member who has served time on four such Bills during the four years that I have been in the House — the City of London ( Various Powers ) Bill , the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority Bill , and the London Underground Bills Nos. 1 and 2 . |
| 22 | It meant at least that someone had been in the burial mound , though not necessarily recently . |
| 23 | ‘ Tommy told us that she had been under the water and he had to do something to save her . |
| 24 | If her brothers even suspected that she had been with a boy , all hell would break loose . |
| 25 | None of them knew that she had been with the FBI for two years , where she had specialized in the use of firearms , before joining UNACO three years ago . |
| 26 | For a moment Frau Nordern was tempted to lie , to say that she had been to a meeting , or a mother . |
| 27 | Sue just happened to mention that she had been to an orphanage in Brasov and Christine realised it was the same one that Christine Morey had written about . |
| 28 | I was almost certain that she had been to the British Museum no more recently than I had myself . |
| 29 | ‘ Who are you trying to kid ? ’ he taunted , and somehow he seemed to know , though how she did n't know , that she had been within an ace of responding to him . |
| 30 | Mr McBaine said , however , that she had been in a position of trust . |