Example sentences of "that [pos pn] son [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bronwen explained that her son had been difficult from day one , crying most of the day and night , demanding constant attention . |
| 2 | Svetlana returned to South Africa , both of us hoping that her son had been cured . |
| 3 | ‘ The mother was extremely upset but very relieved that her son has been returned to her , ’ said police Superintendent Ray Starkey . |
| 4 | She tells me that her son has been influenced by some flighty little English madam to renege on his own responsibilities in order to give her a conducted tour of Copenhagen . ’ |
| 5 | The Protestant marriage did n't reconcile his father , who believed that his son had been caught and was marrying because he had some misplaced sense of honour . |
| 6 | It was an act of pure convenience to tell Peter 's father that his son had been treated insensitively and perhaps unjustly . |
| 7 | He guessed at once that his son had been talking to Yuan , and even though the casual disclosure of information had been prearranged , he regretted the unavoidability of the confrontation which was about to occur . |
| 8 | Here is an example spoken by David when he is told that his son has been killed : |