Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be that , like the street cars of San Francisco , artists living in London see them so much , they do n't see them at all . |
| 2 | I may be that , like the street cars of San Francisco , artists living in London see them so much , they do n't see them at all . |
| 3 | Yeah , I 'll be that one . |
| 4 | Well she might be that little bit further on let's face it I mean |
| 5 | You 'll be that supervisor . ’ |
| 6 | I put , well it 's cos you 'll be that 's , that thing it 'll be like prunes . |
| 7 | She could be that ; even later on . |
| 8 | she do n't usually , but she will be that night . |
| 9 | One way you can is that a juice bottle over there ? |
| 10 | so if , if they , if sh- Jane come over she , we 'll is that it ? |
| 11 | Sometimes they were a little lifeless , not with lethargy or simple weariness ( they could be that , but then his whole body-language ‘ drooped ’ accordingly ) , but with a specific withdrawn quality which , when taken with a certain passivity of the face , can be hard and unyielding : betokening a concern — even a resentment — in being examined in that particular way . |
| 12 | But perhaps the picture that will remain in the minds of the few now here who knew him will be that of a long , thin figure folded into the driving seat of a small , fast , bright red sports car , his hair billowing wildly , his eyes crinkling through large , horn-rimmed spectacles and his mouth twisted into a mocking , sardonic grin . |
| 13 | It may be that to choose is to distort so protean an entity . |
| 14 | It may be that , even if the final stages of bringing the marriage about had temporarily overshadowed the making of the First Band , the Protestant threat thus created had sufficiently alarmed Mary of Guise and Hamilton into reacting with swift and exemplary violence once Mary was safely married . |
| 15 | It may be that August 1 would now have to be a more realistic target date . |
| 16 | While small farmers and part-time farmers have to adapt to a changing agriculture , in exactly the same way as large farming businesses , their options for coping with changed circumstances are fewer and it may be that training and the development of new skills and the reinforcement of old skills are important elements in widening their range of options . |
| 17 | There is a general rule that the holder may disclose information held in confidence if necessary to protect his own interests , and it may be that disclosure is justified if needed to protect someone from harm . |
| 18 | ‘ It may be that for a very few the search itself is a necessity . ’ |
| 19 | It may be that with a patient who is terminally ill or aged , the doctor 's obligation does not extend to anything more than the relief of pain and making the patient comfortable . |
| 20 | It may be that , as more scientific information is gathered on fish physiology , the evidence for believing that fish feel pain might become overwhelming and the Society may have to come out firmly against this sport . |
| 21 | It may be that with greater equality and emancipation the proportion of female criminals will rise . |
| 22 | It may be that , for them , a warm glow of public-spirited righteousness or a curriculum with work-experience , injected like silicone into a misshapen body , are sufficient reward . |
| 23 | It may be that , over time , education can take a long term view of itself through the medium of the successful business . |
| 24 | It may be that osteopathy or chiropractic could help ; and both osteopaths and chiropractors have had a long training which includes medical education and qualifies them to give valuable help with backache . |
| 25 | It may be that fascination with the problems of why palatable insects are brightly coloured has caused us to overlook Darwin 's problems of why unpalatable insects are brightly coloured in the first place . |
| 26 | It may be that gluten is important , but only in a fairly small proportion of schizophrenia cases . |
| 27 | If there is none , it may be that work-place chemicals , or generalized exposures ( eg air pollution ) are the problem . |
| 28 | It may be that Coilus was , in fact . |
| 29 | For instance it may be that , viewed at this point , the woman has a quality of cautious practicality and by comparison the man seems a reckless dreamer , which is hard to see as anything but a weakness . |
| 30 | This may be because low staff turnover creates less need for induction and job training and more need for development training or it may be that job training is more likely to be taken for granted . |