Example sentences of "[prep] be [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things to look out for are that all of the many Airworthiness Directives have been complied with . |
| 2 | Well she we to start with she went I think it might of been that cos we put Guy in it I think , that might have upset her . |
| 3 | could of been that , yeah |
| 4 | I do n't know but he could of been ill , he could , it could of been that he could n't take any more you know that but Margaret was terri terribly bitter about him Margaret not coming , but he could , he could n't stand it |
| 5 | Yeah , I thought of being that once but I would n't mind it in the wards , but I would n't want to be in the operating theatre , I do n't know why , the blood do n't put me off or anything , but |
| 6 | You know , I thought of being that once but I would n't mind it in the wards , but I would n't wan na be in the operating theatre . |
| 7 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |
| 8 | One thing I can be certain of is that we have all been involved in rows , misunderstandings and quarrels . |
| 9 | The only thing you can be sure of is that US interest will always come first . |
| 10 | ‘ The only thing I can think of is that there is a convent near where I live , and they take a few elderly people . ’ |
| 11 | What we can be sure of is that Tangshan rates as no more than third in the cataclysmic league . |
| 12 | What they lose sight of is that the only possible justification of the expense of supporting these vast bureaucratic machines is to ensure that the necessary high standard of safety is established and maintained . |
| 13 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |
| 14 | Olson , for instance , does admit at one point that all we can really be sure of is that some academics have made claims for objectivity while the question of assessing those claims is a different matter : |
| 15 | What I am most conscious of is that I have been regarded as a controversial figure : until the age of sixty I was seen either as a subversive or as an enfant terrible . |
| 16 | We 're Vice Presidents of Somerset Cricket Club , and the one thing that John is most proud of is that he once slow-bowled Dennis Compton during a match against the MCC . ’ |
| 17 | There are not many guarantees I can make in this game , but one thing I can assure you of is that you now have 1,000 shares in. |
| 18 | But I think one of the things that men are afraid of is that when women get into the things the attitudes change , as we were saying about bigotry and religion and so on with football , I do n't think that men want that because this is the perfect club they can enjoy and indulge all that , but if women really get into it the thing will change as society does . |
| 19 | One of the greatest things that I have become aware of is that if you have eight people to dinner , one or two of them will be vegetarians . |
| 20 | All I am sure of is that in the face of that child , as he lay dead upon the couch , I saw something of my own future . |
| 21 | The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it . |
| 22 | The present evidence therefore suggests that the universe will probably expand forever , but all we can really be sure of is that even if the universe is going to recollapse , it wo n't do so for at least another ten thousand million years , since it has already been expanding for at least that long . |
| 23 | The only thing you have to be careful of is that the hardcard is thin enough not to obscure too many of the very few slots that the 2000 series has . |
| 24 | One you are all aware of is that we will be nationally approved to BS5750 standard . |
| 25 | One thing I am sure of is that would agree that the job of Treasurer of the Bar Council would be quite impossible without the daily support and guidance of the Chief Executive and of his Finance Officer , , and his deputy , . |
| 26 | What we can , however , be reasonably certain of is that they will have at least some common experiences of television dramas ; these can themselves provide us with useful starting points . |
| 27 | The first thing we must er be sure of is that the coefficients within the sample are reasonably , er reasonably constant , right . |
| 28 | ‘ I know now to expect the unexpected , but the one thing I can be sure of is that we all have lots of laughs making the show . ’ |
| 29 | Remember that the significance of is that it indicates the power in the load for a fixed amplitude of input signal . |
| 30 | and the biggest pro for a fax that I can think of is that you can send the message and that 's that , there 's no risk of it dribbling on into , into doubt |