Example sentences of "[noun] be that she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 2 | Her main fault is that she takes too seriously the allusive jokes in Asquith 's letters . |
| 3 | Her first crime is that she has n't clocked into an office for 16 years . |
| 4 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |
| 5 | One claim guaranteed to draw fire from Kylie is that she missed out on a childhood because of showbiz . |
| 6 | I think one of my difficulties with Adam Bede is that she begins to lose interest a little bit in the figure of the beautiful , but not actually very bright , village girl , whose seduction is an important part of the story , and by the end of the book we feel that she 's actually bored with Hettie , is n't really concerned any longer to explore Hettie 's own sufferings as the other woman who has been badly treated by the rascally gentleman . |
| 7 | The allegation was that she did not do enough to help her , and over a period of time this had made the carer extremely angry , and at the same time made their mother dissatisfied about the care she was receiving . |
| 8 | Rain thought she was trying for a dramatic effect , but she was a poor actress and the result was that she looked petulant . |
| 9 | But the irony was that she had lost Luke already . |
| 10 | The chief , indeed only , reason for her appearance on the scene is that she gave birth to a ( male ) child ! |
| 11 | What is known about Jane is that she lived in a cellar in Wisbech , earning her living by reaping in the fields in the summer and spinning wool and flax in the winter . |
| 12 | Her attitude is that she wishes to continue with the treatment which she was receiving when the hearing of this appeal began . |
| 13 | Andrew 's opinion of the new help was that she looked well fed , but he had then further remarked to Peggy that he hoped , now that she had help , he would benefit for , being less employed , she would be less tired . |
| 14 | Her biggest regret was that she found it necessary to keep its existence from David . |
| 15 | The first discovery she had made on return was that she had forgotten to take the cheesecake out of the freezer . |
| 16 | ‘ The only different thing about Maisie at the moment is that she has to go to hospital to have treatment . |
| 17 | According to Mrs Baldwin , whose account was more immediate , the words were : ‘ Sir , this is a very grave decision and I am deeply grieved ’ ; but the significant difference is that she adds : ‘ and he went on to tell him that according to some legal opinion the divorce ought not to have been granted , that there were certain aspects of it that in any ordinary case would not have gone through . ’ |
| 18 | The reason that the buyer selects a packet labelled , say , ‘ cocoa ’ from the shelf is that she wants cocoa and she is relying on the description ‘ cocoa ’ accurately to identify the packet and its contents . |
| 19 | ‘ The truth is that she envies me , ’ she went on more calmly . |
| 20 | The upshot was that she had a rocky route through the rest of childhood and adolescence while I slipstreamed smoothly behind . |
| 21 | The very reason she had applied to the shipping company for a job was that she felt she needed a complete break , a change of scene . |
| 22 | The only difference was that she understood him now . |
| 23 | So far , all that she knew of Josie was that she owned a big handbag . |
| 24 | For the truth was that she 'd been offered promotion a dozen times — in spite of the fact that when she 'd started as a trainee she 'd had no formal training , no experience , nothing to commend her but a fistful of ambition . |
| 25 | She felt unrested , her eyes heavy as she stared into the fire for the truth was that she had slept very little and , when she did drift off , dreams of being in Craig 's arms tormented her . |
| 26 | The truth was that she did not especially wish to learn . |
| 27 | The truth was that she did n't want Sam to be in love : not seriously in love with an older man , and the boy in the bistro was n't really a boy at all , being at least twenty-two . |
| 28 | Not that it mattered , she thought ; the truth was that she did n't give a damn about herself . |
| 29 | It really would be very much more practical to have her hair cut , she told herself severely for the umpteenth time , but the simple truth was that she liked having her hair long , loved the feeling of the heavy silken strands on her skin . |
| 30 | One of the lawyers ' wives wanted to know the secret of Ellen 's coffee , and Ellen modestly said she just followed the percolator instructions , while the truth was that she put a cupful of cheap instant coffee powder into every percolated pot . |