Example sentences of "[vb past] that [det] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , it helped that this was January . |
| 2 | Now I mentioned that this was Chest Week and it 's the first time that the er Chest , Heart and Stroke Association have had a , a , a week specifically aimed at people with chest problems , or , or looking at chest problems . |
| 3 | There was a slight lurch and suddenly Nails found that all was sweetness and light ; he was moving with delicious ease , his bottom glued to the saddle , no slithering , no jerking , no bumping , just a pleasant sensation of moving to a smooth , easy rhythm . |
| 4 | Yeah , Frank , Frank and of course and then afterwards I realized that that was Michelle |
| 5 | The trial judge ruled that this was production ’ and R changed his plea to guilty to the two counts . |
| 6 | Patrick realised that this was SOCO 's way of recognising that he was persona grata and was going to allow him to enter the murder room . |
| 7 | Corbett realised that this was Leith , a Scottish port , whose ships were often in conflict with English vessels . |
| 8 | I surmised that these were George 's drinking companions , men who would n't make a habit of going to funerals , but there out of friendship , respect for the dead . |
| 9 | At first John imagined that this was relief food on its way to a Commissariat depot , for it was guarded by a large body of troops , about eighty infantry and fifty cavalry as well as two field guns and their crews — half on one bank , half on the other . |
| 10 | So I ass assumed that this was Mars . |
| 11 | Pike , as I expected , confirmed that this was work which was normally done by the statistical clerks . |
| 12 | The authorities declared that this was proof that South Africa was supplying UNITA by air [ see p. 39178 ] . |
| 13 | Poindexter acknowledged that he had deleted computer messages , but claimed that this was part of his normal routine . |
| 14 | The military 's claim that the escalating protests were due to the growing presence of " seditious " forces were denied by the Catholic Church and the trade unions , which claimed that this was part of a government strategy to weaken a popular opposition movement . |
| 15 | The innate moral superiority of women ( given their basic nature ) meant that all was harmony . |
| 16 | I meant that this is Maria Luisa 's home too — ’ |
| 17 | He did not contradict her but just said nothing and so she felt that this was criticism of her handling of the problem . |
| 18 | He also knew that this was Lennie 's chance to gain some respect from the other men , especially Curley . |
| 19 | Instinctively she knew that this was Stavros , the Greek man that her brothers had been constantly talking about since Anthony 's death . |
| 20 | Mr Dienstbier retorted that this was nonsense . |
| 21 | He said that that 's part of the transcription system . |
| 22 | He said that these were things that he could not forget and he therefore wanted to try and deal with them . |
| 23 | It concluded that this was part of an elaborate and well-financed Saudi campaign to discredit al-Fassi . |