Example sentences of "be that they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that they left the gate open when they went , and Joe just trotted out . ’ |
| 2 | Their crime seemed to be that they had sung the song ‘ Hernando 's Hideaway ’ too loudly . |
| 3 | In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but … |
| 4 | It could equally be that they had spotted my men following them and were attempting to shake them off . ’ |
| 5 | No , because it may well be that they said oh we 've covered audio description before , nothing new |
| 6 | Taking into account the fact that they made fewer comments about individual types of credit than men , women 's comments were more likely to be that they did not know how a type of credit worked than men 's ; and less likely to say that it was easy to understand and use . |
| 7 | It may also be that they did not want to listen to difficult questions we wanted to put . ’ |
| 8 | The further assumption must be that they gave each other a great deal that was worth having and keeping . |
| 9 | Erm we also offered everything from sort of secretarial help and er use of photocopiers and duplicators , to the tenants ' group , through to I guess being able to perhaps suggest to them who in the council it might be that they needed to speak to , or perhaps tactically how to go about achieving their particular aims . |