Example sentences of "[verb] that perhaps it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day before we were due to leave , he came up to our room after lunch and began by saying that perhaps it was n't so sensible for Flora to continue her journey by herself , travelling by local buses across the Atlas , and not only not sensible but not altogether safe , even though she was tough and independent and used to looking after herself . |
| 2 | Then , with that stoical and selfless streak in her character , she reflected that perhaps it was just as well he was not . |
| 3 | Later he reflected that perhaps it was not so surprising because of the conflict Maureen had described between Barron and her father and between Barron and herself . |
| 4 | Mildred closed her eyes again , hoping that perhaps it was only a nightmare , but when she sneaked another look , the apparition was still there , and now it began patting gently at Mildred with its gigantic paws . |
| 5 | … She asked why Blanche did not like my book and I kindly suggested that perhaps it was the woman being scarred from a motor accident which she did n't like ( it was the book itself ) . |