Example sentences of "that be [conj] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’ |
| 2 | That is because she has no imagination . |
| 3 | ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops . |
| 4 | Reciprocal arrangements with another nurse or friend can work — so long as you are flexible and no money exchanges hands , but if you have a child under five and payment is involved then your ‘ childminder ’ will either have to register with the local authority ( that is if she cares for your child in the minder 's own home ) or be employed as a nanny in yours . |
| 5 | Typically , Oliver said that after the marriage Gill ought to call herself Mrs Gillian Wyatt-or-Hughes , that is if she wanted to be logical and grammatical and commonsensical and diplomatic and cumbersome . |
| 6 | And that 's after she 's supposed to have put a curse on him ! |
| 7 | ‘ That 's because she 's thick , ’ answered Gazzer . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's because she 's scared of her dad , ’ said Jack confidently . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's because she died in a car accident five years ago . ’ |
| 10 | His wife thinks he 's sexy , but that 's because she does n't have to live with him , he says . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's because she does n't know how old she is . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That 's because she made you . |
| 13 | The only thing she offers is sort of help with Peter but that 's because she wants Peter . |
| 14 | She has to make do with what she 's got … that 's if she 's a nice girl , of course . |
| 15 | That 's if she rides , of course . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ At least — that 's if she 'll have me . ’ |
| 17 | She could have married again — that 's if she ever married before — ’ |
| 18 | That 's if she gets part-time here . |
| 19 | That 's and she knows , she knows perfectly well what 's what 's happening . |
| 20 | That 's cos she wanted paid . |
| 21 | That 's cos she was n't there . |
| 22 | That 's cos she 's lonely and she just wanders about . |
| 23 | That 's cos she was leaning right over you see . |
| 24 | That was before she got cross with me about her underclothes . ’ |
| 25 | But that was before she took her baby brother to Wickham Common . |
| 26 | Of course , that was before she had killed him . |
| 27 | ‘ That was before she moved back to Italy , she knew she was ill and went back to die . ’ |
| 28 | When I was about twelve , I was in love with Doris Day — and that was before she was a virgin ! |
| 29 | But that was before she had met Nathan Bryce , when this complex , attractive , abrasive man was still simply a name and a photograph in a gossip column . |
| 30 | She appeared to have forgotten about my not going to the funeral but that was before she started to lose the steps to the attic , so to speak , so it just meant that she chose to not mention it . |