Example sentences of "they [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , so immersed in one another had they been that when they had looked up it was to find that all the other diners had left the restaurant . |
| 2 | You would have to be a professional cobbler-up of sit-coms to give much credence to the available scenarios , but just in case , I suppose they are that : a ) the tests were so incompetently performed that even a baboon 's sample would have produced the same reading as was clocked by the three athletes identically ; b ) the three runners were having a joke at the testers ' expense ; c ) the German trio was deliberately testing the vigilance of the drug monitors at a relatively out-of-the-way venue , for reasons of their own ; d ) that the samples were not urine at all but a draught of refreshing Lucozade , tested in error . |
| 3 | Dr Jim Howe , Tony 's doctor , said : ‘ His parents said how peaceful their son has looked over his last few days and how relieved they are that he is finally at rest . ’ |
| 4 | They are that the system of representative democracy gives authority to the legislature to make law , and that the power conferred upon all administrative or public bodies is legitimate as it is derived from the legislature . |
| 5 | They are that in the State of execution the execution of the Letter does not fall within the province of the judiciary ; and that the State addressed considers that its sovereignty or security would be prejudiced thereby . |
| 6 | They are that the rains are going to cease falling and , because of the restrictions placed on their movement , the Masai will not be able to follow their tradition of moving on . |
| 7 | I 'd like to , just like to say that a woman erm , who can not have children erm and re has got to the end of the road , no medical mirac , miracles can help her , erm , if surrogacy is the only option for her then they 've , these pe , couples like myself have gone through such a long erm struggle to get where they are that any child that 's conceived is gon na be a wonderfully loved childed and explained , everything 's explained to the child as he or she grows up . |
| 8 | And the more obvious it is that I 'm the best , the more convinced they are that under the surface , in some subtler way that only a more discriminating critic would appreciate , they are … |
| 9 | They are that the public expect Britain to be defended and want Labour to be what it has been for most of its history — a party prepared to provide resources commensurate with defending this country . |
| 10 | The Regatta chairman talks about the way hospitality had taken over the regatta course and howm glad they are that it seems to be declining . |
| 11 | They are that they are that , because I tell you what it is , I do n't know |
| 12 | They are that they are that , because I tell you what it is , I do n't know |
| 13 | I think they 're under a great pressure and you know th I think it 's erm you know , quite amazing really , that people survive as well as they do , given the pressures they 're that they are under . |
| 14 | Really and the type of documentation that they 're that they 're on about . |
| 15 | When the news did become public , colleagues who had avoided speaking to me when the going got tough reappeared and said how sorry they were that I was leaving . |
| 16 | They were joined , like most of the other foreign armies that came to Lebanon , by a retinue of Lebanese acolytes , of leftist militiamen and Lebanese Baath party functionaries , all of them desperate to explain how delighted they were that the peace-loving Syrians had arrived to save their country . |
| 17 | When they heard this they cried out with one accord that they would do his bidding , and go out with him and fight under his banner , for certain they were that by his good fortune the Moors would be overthrown . |
| 18 | They were that Filmer 's bedroom was in that car . |
| 19 | Further down the street , the local baker would be telling his hapless visitors much the same story as their butcher : the cost of wheat was out of all control , and he was as sorry as they were that his prices were up , while their wages had held steady . |
| 20 | They were that girls thought 16 was the right age to lose their virginity and that 75 per cent of them admitted to saying yes to sex when they really wanted to say no . |
| 21 | ‘ My dad thinks it 's because they were what they were that they were killed . ’ |
| 22 | Well David said that we were at the end , everyone believed that they were that the time has come that we was at the end of the world . |
| 23 | I do not know what sort of friends they were that they would let a young woman come to them on her own ! |
| 24 | they were that had bigger to ones |