Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pron] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is early days yet , should we be that club , then it can only spell disaster . |
| 2 | After all , why should it be that particular one ? |
| 3 | What other books might there be that could give him a bit of elementary information ? |
| 4 | Might it be that living with Phillis had turned him patsy , a dope to any skirt ? |
| 5 | Was the Universe destined to go on expanding forever , or might it be that gravity would eventually pull all the galaxies back together again until there was a ‘ Big Crunch ’ — later to be followed by a new Big Bang ? |
| 6 | Or could it be that , by the merest possible chance , Steffi is in fact … |
| 7 | I looked carefully about me , hiding behind one of those contorted shapes , and glimpsed Dana in the distance , walking away from the group of friends and joining a young woman , tall , pale , dark , distinguished-looking — could it be that dancer of his ? |
| 8 | Could it be that Europeanism is in direct proportion to dissatisfaction with one 's own political institutions ? |
| 9 | Could it be that , like me , more and more readers are dreaming of the time when they can either afford to move home or , at the very least , redecorate their existing one ? |
| 10 | Could it be that … ? |
| 11 | Could it be that , subconsciously , motherhood gave them a feeling of power ? |
| 12 | Could it be that Sun Microsystems Inc president Scott McNealy 's voice is being heard this side of the Atlantic , after he reportedly told Novell Inc 's Ray Noorda to fire everyone at Unix System Labs except a handful of marketing guys and the engineers ? |
| 13 | Could it be that Mathilde and her father had … |
| 14 | Could it be that , or was it more likely that she and Mr Broadhurst had agreed it between them ? |
| 15 | Could it be that ? she wondered , in the few seconds before he spoke . |
| 16 | Could it be that … ? |
| 17 | Could it be that er evolution in sort of Aboriginal societies are more harsher than that allowed for a more experienced man to teach a young child how to live as opposed to , it , it 's beneficial for |
| 18 | Could it be that , in preparing these editions , d'Indy was looking over his shoulder at Rameau 's great contemporaries Bach and Handel , both of whom were not only foreign but , worse , Protestant ? |
| 19 | ‘ Could it be that crime has become too easy , that violence has become too much a theme of television and videos , that respect for other people has gone too much out of fashion and too many young people see no stake for themselves in this society and see more of a future in crime and the black economy ? ’ he asked . |
| 20 | Would it be that head of the family ? or the coffin maker ? |
| 21 | Will you be that man , Major ? ’ |
| 22 | Will you be that woman , Tessy ? ’ |
| 23 | For if they are able to communicate danger ( what greater danger to a plant can there be that something destroying its leaves or roots ? ) , one wonders what other signals are they able to pass between themselves ? |
| 24 | Can it be that without the accompanying ‘ form ’ of the lessons of the past , of which memory is a vital part , ‘ freedom ’ can never be more than a fragile short-lived luxury ? |