Example sentences of "[be] that [pers pn] [vb past] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , how glad I am that I did n't die . |
| 2 | She was as sure as she could be that she had n't been followed , but she knew she would n't breathe freely again until she was airborne . |
| 3 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 4 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |
| 5 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 6 | The difference is that we did n't know then what we know now , we did n't know what would become of us ’ ; or ‘ We were so young and spilling over with everything inside ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ The only difference between this and other games is that we did n't put goals on the end of the performance . |
| 8 | ‘ What I regret is that we did n't force the bank into this situation 15 months ago when we first approached it over the demerger . |
| 9 | But we did n't have to , what I mean the point is that we did n't have to tell , have to tell them , they already knew . |
| 10 | The trouble is that we did n't have our leaflets ready because when you d er depend on large firms to help you , you know they 're always just so busy when you need them , so it was dragged out . |
| 11 | One thing that went seriously wrong is that we did n't hear more of Neil Kinnock speaking as he did amid the wreckage of his political hopes and personal career . |
| 12 | But the thing was , what I , what I was ge getting to last night , is that we did n't bring the name into it , the surname . |
| 13 | Do n't let it slip straight away , I mean That was annoying thing is that we did n't deserve to lose three one really , I mean |
| 14 | But seems to me that 's silly is that we did n't keep with that correspondence a copy of the enquiry form , which , the original is gone to the central record . |
| 15 | So my reading of the evidence so far is that they did n't want a body lying around on the river bed , where it might come up sometime , or perhaps even be found by divers , but they wanted him carried under water well out to sea . " |
| 16 | ‘ My guess is that she had n't come to terms with the situation herself , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ Yeah , but the word is that she did n't realize IMC sent a whole fleet . |
| 18 | And another thing , she did n't have to do well her mother 's erm her mother-in-law seems a bit erm bad tempered with her , like , she 's is that she did n't have to tell John , her ex-husband that there 's anything the matter like and and , and that 's when she she , all she wants to do is get him against me . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , yes , man , but the point is that I did n't leave it , and now these confounded women have taken possession of the cottage . |
| 20 | All I can remember is that I did n't much like the food , but I ate obediently and probably out of fear of giving offence . |
| 21 | The inescapable fact is that I did n't want to be a woman , although I was unaware of this at the time . |
| 22 | The thing that upsets me when I see all these pregnant people walking around is that I did n't do it . |
| 23 | ‘ The irony is that I did n't realise till Christmas , when I knew I loved you , that it was someone like you I should have been looking for all these years since . ’ |
| 24 | I suppose the reason I got down to an effort to be objective is that I did n't like the interpretations of my other things — so here I am with an array of alligator pears — about ten of them — calla lilies — four or six — leaves — summer green ones — ranging through yellow to the dark sombre blackish purplish red — eight or ten — horrid yellow sunflowers — two new red cannas — some white birches with yellow leaves — only two that I have no name for and I do n't know where they come from . |
| 25 | All I can say is that I did n't even know Melanie was still there that night . |
| 26 | The fact is that I did n't — do n't want you to make such a sacrifice and give up the zoo work you like so much . ’ |
| 27 | The problem with that painting is that I did n't know if it was a real |
| 28 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
| 29 | My only regret on that particular occasion now is that I did n't organise properly getting it videotaped , because it would have been a nice thing to keep , but as far as I could I kept to the traditions of mayoral ceremonial on those sorts of occasions . |
| 30 | And the failure of IBM management is that it did n't understand — and still does n't understand — the extent of the mischief the genie of open systems it let out of the bottle with the original open IBM Personal Computer , could wreak . |