Example sentences of "be [adj] that he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The home bowler of the series was Colin Croft with twenty-four wickets at under 19 , and few English batsmen will have been sorry that he played in only two rubbers against them . |
| 2 | When Harry had kissed Cora-Beth goodbye in Kentucky a week ago , he had been convinced that he loved her . |
| 3 | As a user and devotee of Wainwright 's books , I am convinced that he wrote them primarily as works of creative art , for sharing with those of like mind . |
| 4 | In retrospect I am glad that he did . ’ |
| 5 | I am glad that he did answer it , as I wanted to ask him this : has he learnt any lessons from the report , particularly those related to ability streaming ? |
| 6 | I am sure that he saw the depressing report in The Sunday Telegraph that , with its customary foresight and thoughtfulness , the Treasury had decided to reject the Thameslink project . |
| 7 | I am sure that he lost many customers because of his habit of popping across the road to his favourite tippling place The William the Fourth . |
| 8 | I am sure that he did not intend to insult thereby the professionals involved — the assessors — who will be responsible for the valuation and the Commissioners of Inland Revenue , who are responsible for ensuring consistency in the way in which the valuation is undertaken throughout the country . |
| 9 | Although I am sure that he did not intend it , it sounded as though my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton , South-West was saying , ’ Never mind the quality , feel the width . ’ |
| 10 | I suppose I can be grateful that he did n't actually order me to help , ’ she finished drily . |
| 11 | But sometimes , her memory could be all that he needed . |
| 12 | I can not be sure that he noticed all that , but he stared at it for a long time , getting down on his hands . |
| 13 | To be sure that he understood , he was willing to prepare an adequate output . |
| 14 | For a moment he thought that a sprinkling of light fell wherever Fael-Inis walked , but as it touched the floor it vanished , and he could not be sure that he had seen it at all . |
| 15 | Oh you can keep going though totally over the top I thought well Joseph 's was twelve ninety nine and Ben 's was fourteen nineteen ninety nine and that 's just tough that I 've got you know , I ca n't get Charlotte 's any cheaper than that , but , I mean they 're not gon na know how much I 've , they 're not gon na say well you 've got five pound more than what I have cos they 're not of that age so , that 's how I 've left it , that 's what I 'm gon na do , I 'll get her the circus and then they can swap them over and Joseph will be happy that he got something on wheels |
| 16 | Even Einstein , when he formulated the general theory of relativity in 1915 , was so sure that the universe had to be static that he modified his theory to make this possible , introducing a so-called cosmological constant into his equations . |
| 17 | ‘ If they 're true , I 'm disappointed that he did n't hold his hands up earlier and tell us . |
| 18 | By March he was out again , and back at his office in Faber and Faber , although he was prudent enough to retire to bed early in the evening : with a complaint which had no organic cause , he could not be certain that he had been cured " . |
| 19 | I ca n't even be certain that he went through at four o'clock . |
| 20 | I 'm certain that he did n't set out to mislead . |
| 21 | At the same time he knew that she would be aware that he had never been with a woman before . |
| 22 | Others may be surprised that he found time to work on a feature while promoting a top ten hit in ‘ Groovy Train ’ . |
| 23 | it , oh yes it is , I 'm surprised that he stayed so long |
| 24 | I 'm surprised that he let you believe he was . |
| 25 | He should be satisfied that he 'd succeeded in destroying her calm façade . |
| 26 | Mrs Rosenbloom nearly always found out about it and she would be mad that he had taken me from my work with the children . |
| 27 | And the story that I heard which may not be true that he had he did n't have the wig and gown . |
| 28 | And yet it may still be true that he came within minutes of Jerome 's flight , found the man only stunned , stooped close and knew him , for then knowing was possible , and killed him , and only then took thought how to escape suspicion , and came running into the town , to me . ’ |
| 29 | How he obtained this skill is not recorded , but it may be significant that he visited Ravenna , where he befriended the poet Arator . |
| 30 | I am pleased that he mentioned coppicing and wood as a fuel , because there is no doubt that with the increasing amount of agricultural land at our disposal wood as a fuel , including coppicing , could be an important part of our renewable energy strategy in future . |