Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [adv] be that " in BNC.

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1 Mm I mean I , I did , one thing last er a few weeks ago is that I er cos I m it 's a I do this market research it 's really boring
2 ( Recent events have sadly shown that they were not radical enough ; 's regret a few weeks ago was that he was not still in charge . )
3 But an assumption that Ptolemy had to make in order to predict these positions correctly was that the moon followed a path that sometimes brought it twice as close to the earth as at other times .
4 And the net result of all of these things together is that it narrowed the cost value differentials between U K and overseas holidays .
5 What made it worth recording several centuries later was that Ella was successful ; for the next fifteen years or so he established his authority in the south by force of arms , firmly ‘ pacifying ’ recalcitrant Britons .
6 ‘ And the TCCB 's directive for pitches has for several years now been that they must start dry . ’
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