Example sentences of "that [pers pn] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst I saw myself as the hero 's faithful sidekick got up as I was in cowboy gloves with real leather fringes , two guns in holsters buckled on and tied around the leg for fast draws , ten gallon hat and waistcoat , Skippy insisted that I be the daughter of the murdered rancher whose cattle were being rustled . |
| 2 | Also that you be the driver of the motor car having been required to produce your driving licence for examination to the police officer , failed to do so . |
| 3 | ‘ All I 'm demanding is that you be the guarantor of your brother 's good behaviour . |
| 4 | But all I 'm suggesting , Ronni , is that we be a bit flexible . |
| 5 | He insisted that it be a shoemaker and the ; prostitute be male . |
| 6 | I said , ‘ I will give up everything for this orchestra , but in return I must ask that it be a lifetime 's possession . ’ |
| 7 | They insisted that she consult a psychiatrist and , fortunately , Laura had the strength to insist that it be a woman . |
| 8 | I was happy because I was now ‘ on the inside ’ , doing war-work and feeling , for the first time , that we were really a partnership ; and I was proud that I had grown more confident , and mature enough to take Leslie as he was , and no longer demanded — as he had once said that I did — that he be the White Knight . |