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Example sentences of "[noun sg] be that i be " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	My one real consolation in the face of almost any betrayal or grief is that I am without doubt an extremely talented writer , come danger or candle stump .
2	The thing that 's teasing my mind is that I 'm fairly sure he asked me not to tell anyone he 'd been there . ’
3	I have a very vague idea of what this terrible crime is that I 'm trying to get to the bottom of , that you have rats in the basement of your best hotel , or you know , there 's a house falling down somewhere and you 've done absolutely nothing about a closing order , any of these kind of things , but I do n't know a lot about it .
4	My fear is that I am not likely to serve on the Standing Committee , although I volunteer for such duty if the opportunity be there .
5	One thing , however , that is widely known about my snooker is that I am never more dangerous than when being profoundly humiliated .
6	The result was that I was painfully shy .
7	The format of the interview was that I was in a single chair placed to the side of a panel of six sitting in two rows .
8	The result of this ineptitude was that I was rumbled as a single parent within days , if not hours , and subsequently approached as if I were a fatal poison masquerading as a person .
9	My one solace is that I was at your side .
10	I think what is quite interesting about my work is that I was non-disabled , then became disabled , and I operate at these borders .
11	But my personal philosophy is that I am not incredibly optimistic , but I am a realistic utopian or a utopian realist . ’
12	The plan was that I was to remain in England and organise the Arts Lab with Mary Finnigan and see it did n't fall apart . ’
13	After all , one of the reasons that I 'm doing this job is that I 'm plugged into what 's going on out there .
14	Its city centre has many more pedestrian areas than Liverpool yet the great difference is that I was not surrounded by litter and street traders ' stalls unlike Liverpool ( or should I say Litterpool ) .
15	The only difference is that I 'm not a solo vet .
16	The truth is that I was sent to Scotland to find out what happened , is happening and might happen . ’
17	The truth is that I was suffering from insomnia : a full stomach is more conducive to sleep than is an empty one .
18	The truth is that I 'm finding it damnably hard to confess to you what happened between Lotta and myself , and it 's vital that you know . ’
19	‘ The point is that I am teaching them a difference , ’ Diana told a friend .
20	But I did use and re-invent the world of the Barracks I grew up in , yet the point is that I was in my 20s when I wrote that book and it was viewed through the persona of a dying woman .
21	The upshot was that I was summoned by the university authorities and told that I was to be allowed to continue my studies but only under certain stringent conditions .
22	My point was that I was intrigued as to who was representing the racing Press on the panel of voters .
23	The truth was that I was full of a sort of green stir .
24	Okay , now the good news the next night is that I 'm gon na take away some of your money , and you think , oh wow he 's taking .
25	‘ Money is my motivation , but what keeps me at the top is that I 'm petrified of losing .
26	The trouble is that I am not a tea-drinker , and so my plants get only the occasional treat when guests visit .
27	‘ I tell yer , Joe old cock , my bleedin' trouble is that I 'm misunderstood meself , I been sufferin' misunderstandin' all me life .
28	‘ The whole trouble is that I 'm not sure what 's right and wrong any more , Fred .
29	I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support .
30	Commenting on the letter to Tolba , Mr Lapointe , who has previously insisted that his actions and those of his staff are entirely correct , would only say yesterday : ‘ My comment is that I am fed up with all the garbage . ’