Example sentences of "that what [pers pn] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For so much was untrue , and Margaret never doubted her sister 's integrity ; they really believed , poor things , that what they said was true , and Miss Ironside or whatever her name is seems to have had some grudge against her . |
| 2 | ‘ Soon they feel not only that what they did was bad , but that they are intrinsically bad , too . |
| 3 | I want to repeat that the line was faint but it was definately Dr Kemp on the phone and that what I wrote was as near as anyone could get to what he said . |
| 4 | My Lord of Buckingham come to Templecombe thinking the relics might be hidden here , or maybe just to verify with Hopkins that what he had been told was the truth . |
| 5 | She could have wept , knowing that what he said was true , feeling confirmed and supported . |
| 6 | It was not that what he said was startlingly new , for it was based on a long tradition , but his particular talent and novelty was that he managed to combine biblical exegesis with growing papal ideology , to induce the texts to mean something of relevance to his leadership of society . |
| 7 | They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century . |
| 8 | ‘ The experience was certainly salutary , ’ wrote Niki , adding that what he learned was that he should trust his own judgement , that engineers get carried away and some drivers do n't understand their cars . |
| 9 | A doctor accused of negligence by a patient can defend himself by showing that what he did was accepted practice , provided that practice was approved by responsible opinion in the medical profession . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not that we do n't believe you , Mr Blufton , it 's just that what you said was a bit of a surprise . ’ |
| 11 | Is that what you wanted was that the right card to put down ? |