Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still could n't quite believe that nothing would ever be the same again , |
| 2 | As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’ |
| 3 | It was a pleasing thought , that I might soon be moving in more exalted circles . |
| 4 | Now I miss the tie with Portugal at Ibrox next month , and there 's a hint that I might even be out against Italy in November . |
| 5 | What had happened to us could not , I thought , have been due entirely to education — not even to the idea that girls develop more quickly than boys to a certain point and then slow down ; but as I still clung loyally to my little world where all clergymen were good , all solicitors honest , and all philosophers and experts different from ordinary people and unquestionably right , I struggled hard against any idea that I might still be wiser than Bertrand Russell in some respects . |
| 6 | ‘ I think the first clue I had that I might still be on the team was when your mum pitched up to inspect the body . ’ |
| 7 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 8 | Patiently , the practitioner examined them , me and us , and proclaimed that I would probably be able to see jolly well if I did n't have them inside out and in the wrong eyes . |
| 9 | The two of them told me that no formalities were required , that I would simply be received in a small private room , and that there would even be the possibility that I would be given a glass of sherry — which presented some difficulty since I am teetotal . |
| 10 | But while my heart was aching for Estella , I had no idea that I would soon be hit by a disaster which would completely destroy my hopes and dreams . |
| 11 | The King of Blefuscu , however , replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner , and that I would soon be returning to my country anyway . |
| 12 | I wanted to tell her that I was just such a silly creature and could n't believe that I would ever be warm again . |
| 13 | I switched increasingly to erm political history , then I moved from economic and political history to social history , to some extent linking the two , and increasingly over the last ten years , partly through the work that I 've done on the history of broadcasting , and on twentieth century history , I think I would say that I would now be a cultural historian . |
| 14 | I suddenly felt an immense relief that I only had one more charter to complete for Cutwater , and that I would then be free of these men . |
| 15 | Well , I do n't know if Marlborough tobacco was around in the time of Jesus Christ , but erm I think if Jesus Christ had the second coming today one of the first things he would condemn is this week that is the cause of death and destruction throughout the world , and if he would n't condemn that I would certainly be a bit dismayed . |
| 16 | I thought I had become used to being alone , and to the idea that I would always be alone , but I was wrong . |
| 17 | ‘ If I knew my future and that I would never be No 1 I think I 'd tell myself to forget it . |
| 18 | On the other hand , the inspector 's belief that I would never be punished proved only too true when I returned to London and the inquest was held . |
| 19 | I thought that I would never be able to repeat the illustrations as finished drawings , so the book stayed as a dummy . ’ |
| 20 | In choosing my own path I recognized that I may indeed be isolated , lonely and rejected by my family in a racist , sexist , homophobic country . |
| 21 | Some manipulation , I dare say , but gentle massage — and then , once the spasms and the pain have gone , Jimbo will be so grateful that I 'll easily be able to persuade him to start his own passive exercises . ’ |
| 22 | They 've made it fairly clear to me that I 'll never be a high-flier , but every company needs some people who are n't high-fliers , and that 's all right by me . |
| 23 | But I 've decided that I 'll only be in the band as long as I 'm doing other things as well as . |
| 24 | I see myself as one of these animals , and I await with resignation but with confidence the moment when either I live out my life as providence decrees or I die as prescribed , convinced that I shall thus be useful in two ways , first to France and then to humanity . |
| 25 | When I get over that I shall doubtless be horrified . ’ |
| 26 | In 1537 Ralph Sadler complained to Cromwell about the probable consequences of an enforced withdrawal : ‘ My absence from the court will so much hinder me that I shall never be able to recover . ’ |
| 27 | Even knowing that I shall never be so stupid as to be vain about it , but be grateful , be terribly glad ( especially after this ) to be alive , to be who I am — Miranda , and unique . |
| 28 | In fact , so impressed am I with his performance that I shall personally be paying his train fare from Birmingham twice a week . |
| 29 | Happily it is n't a decision that I shall ever be required to make . |
| 30 | But he 's so bitter , so filled with resentment , and I ca n't promise that I will ever be able to change that . |