Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be [prep] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bull has now failed to score for seven games but Turner said : ‘ There is not a striker in the country who has not been through that sort of spell . ’ |
| 2 | In socialist France , it is now higher than it has ever been in that country 's history . |
| 3 | In socialist France , unemployment is now higher than it has ever been in that country 's history . |
| 4 | The two described here were of that period and were most likely to have been inspired by our invisible mentor , Charles Hayward , the then editor of The Woodworker . |
| 5 | And , gon na , she 's gon na carry on being like that while , while Evelyn 's there |
| 6 | yeah and he went and she said well it that 'd always been across that road |
| 7 | on a train , because I 've got a governor 's meeting that day and , and I ca n't avoid not being at that governor 's meeting because I 'm a chairman |
| 8 | Among them are a surprising ( or is it ? ) number of aeroplanes bearing Cayman Islands letters , many of which I 'll bet have never been near that tax ; haven , the late Cap'n Bob 's pair of liquidator-awaiting , Bermudan-registered Gulfstreams , appropriately VR-BOB and VR-BRM , and a host of N-numbered machines which no doubt the Gatwick-based FAA inspectors looking for illegally operated U.S.-registered aircraft will find enlightening . |
| 9 | Do n't be like that Chris . |
| 10 | ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ . |
| 11 | She had not been in that position . |
| 12 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 13 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 14 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 15 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 16 | The demolition workers had n't been in that day . |
| 17 | I 've never been into that scene . ’ |
| 18 | Bryan agrees : ‘ I 've never been into that sort of high speed guitar playing , and if I was it would have to be something very melodic . |
| 19 | Ca n't say I agree with all their figures … good as he is I do n't think kelly is worth that sort of money at such an early age … certainly should n't be more than dorigo . |
| 20 | Some people have already been down that road ! |
| 21 | ‘ And for all the way she bullied other people , she 's always been under that fellow 's thumb and so has Dympna . ’ |
| 22 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 23 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |
| 24 | See it 's never been off that heating . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , with a marginally less successful Cup than League record , Athletico have never been in that position . |
| 26 | ‘ They have never been in that position before some of them are classic cases of Thatcher 's children . |