Example sentences of "[be] that they [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to his arrival Sotheby 's ( still specialising heavily in books at this date ) had an unwritten agreement with Christie 's that they sent them any pictures brought to their offices and in return Christie 's sent them any books they received for sale . |
| 2 | ‘ The only problem is that they taught me to swear like a trooper . ’ |
| 3 | The answer is that they told us that they tried this several times and it did not work . |
| 4 | The most likely explanation is that they saw it as a way to keep the Catholic-educated Mary out of Scotland , while maintaining their formal loyalty to her , thereby maximizing their opportunity to advance the Protestant cause while minimizing the need to clash directly with their sovereign ; there was , after all , no sign that Mary was particularly interested in the internal affairs of her kingdom , and although it was a gamble , and a risky one , leaving her to continue to enjoy life in France appeared to be the best chance they had . |
| 5 | The thing is Danny is that they said they 'd only bought the thing in July . |
| 6 | The surprise here is that they did it with the best , very purest intentions , poor lambs . |
| 7 | The only thing , today , is that they escorted us without any weapons . |
| 8 | The only of the government is that they waived it and the only other way is the A A who just see the pound notes coming in . |
| 9 | Our answer is that they bought it for no money down because there were able to . |
| 10 | Indeed , a recurrent theme among these women was that they felt they had no right to benefit , that they were getting something for nothing , in marked contrast to a wage . |
| 11 | All that those LA police offices had to say to get acquitted of beating Rodney King was that they believed he had been using PCP . |
| 12 | These courses , designed to provide this information , were over-subscribed and the feedback from those who attended was that they wished they had been available earlier . |
| 13 | The impression we got was that they thought it was pretty much his own fault . |
| 14 | The thing that worried Nigel most about his son 's affairs was that they made him feel randy . |
| 15 | It never occurred to me that other children were n't spoiled as a matter of course , the way I was , and it would be years — and my father would be dead — before I understood that the expense of sending me to a boarding school was just an excuse , and the simple , sentimental truth was that they knew they would have missed me . |
| 16 | 15% said they were badly affected — and of those , roughly one half said their main problem was that they found it difficult to pick up their usual programmes on LW . |
| 17 | The upshot of it all was that they wanted me to ask Derek would he come in for a sperm count . |