Example sentences of "be that [pron] had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their crime seemed to be that they had sung the song ‘ Hernando 's Hideaway ’ too loudly . |
| 2 | It could equally be that they had spotted my men following them and were attempting to shake them off . ’ |
| 3 | He had watched until the night nurse had left the office and now he was as sure as he could be that she had gone below for a meal . |
| 4 | Could it be that she had retraced her steps , worked out that the house was Littlecote and the perpetrator of this heinous crime was Darrel ? |
| 5 | Could n't it be that she had needed to loathe him so that she could smother the awakening of her real feelings for him ? |
| 6 | And best of all the pictures that flew through her mind so happily as she jolted onwards was Michael Swinton 's gratitude and delight , how touched he would be that she had thought of him , how she would seem to him like some sort of Christmas spirit , glittering in a thousand jewels , her arms laden with bounty … |
| 7 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 8 | It may be that he had quarrelled bitterly with his kin and could see no remedy for his plight . |
| 9 | It was definitely Luke 's handwriting , and it could n't even be that he had sent the flowers to the wrong address . |
| 10 | But Meg , it might be that he had stole her cubs , was not for his surrender . |
| 11 | Could it be that he had invented the entire tableau , he wondered ? |
| 12 | If the reason you left nursing in the first place was boredom or disillusionment , it may be that you had drifted into an environment which failed to take advantage of your best qualities . |
| 13 | If it were possible to unfold the entire long history of the world 's religions in such a manner that it could be scrutinised , assimilated and judged in a single all-embracing operation , the verdict would be that it had strayed so far from the basic human need , and so far from the intentions of those good and sincere people who have throughout that history struggled to maintain its integrity , that it might well be condemned outright as a story of failure unmatched by anything else that has ever happened on earth . |