Example sentences of "[pron] be that he [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interesting thing about him is that he was one of those people who always turn out to be lucky no matter what they do . |
| 2 | All I can tell you about him is that he was an ensign flying a Catalina aircraft in England thirty-two years ago . ’ |
| 3 | I would n't call last season debacle making the right decisions , my own personal opinion of him is that he was the right manager to get us out of the second divsion , but I feel that given the players and money avail able to him he maybe could have done better . |
| 4 | She realised that the strange thing about him was that he was not drunk . |
| 5 | All I knew about him was that he was someone who belonged to Jean-Claude 's past , and that Jean-Claude was indebted to him . |
| 6 | The impression I got of him was that he was the world 's most cautious man ( which squares ill with his later reckless behaviour ) ; that he was a man who said nothing ; who had carefully devised a plan of life which rendered the use of words unnecessary except in an emergency such as fire or accident . |
| 7 | The trouble with him was that he was utterly astray here . |
| 8 | Could it be that he was aware of Van Butchell 's intentions and saw this as a means of bringing his technique to the notice of the public , being able , at the same time , to lay any charge of indecency at Van Butchell 's door , if it arose ? |
| 9 | ‘ One of the odd things about it is that he was wearing brand-new clothes , ’ he added . |
| 10 | His voice was muffled by something — could it be that he was smoking a cigar even whilst disembodied ? |
| 11 | The truth of it was that he was even less certain of her now than he 'd been at the beginning ; how she thought , the way she might react as the world around her changed . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was that he was talking about now . |
| 13 | It was that he was beginning to understand why Aziz the janitor and his friends might be convinced he was no ordinary child . |
| 14 | The original crucifix had been much smaller , too small in fact to contain whatever it was that he was cradling in his hand . |
| 15 | But what really surprised me was that he was holding out both hands to me . |
| 16 | ‘ All he told me was that he was working for the Sovbloc desk at Six , and they were looking for a deserter , but he did n't even have Blagg 's name . |