Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] that it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything seemed to indicate that it was our friend Argol , or some flunkey of his . |
| 2 | But it started to make me feel scared that it was something I was going to have to bring up for the rest of my life . |
| 3 | She seemed to think that it was her own child and showed signs of distress when Carrie took the baby from her . |
| 4 | Then he 'd realized that it was no-one he would recognize . |
| 5 | he 'd realized that it was my birthday , and wha , what did I want ? |
| 6 | ‘ You seem to forget that it 's my house , too . ’ |
| 7 | I I 've got to say that it 's somebody that 's got a personal project that has done it in one force ai n't it . |
| 8 | They can do whatever they like provided that it is what the Treasury has already agreed . |
| 9 | If he had bothered to read his own party 's policy document he would have seen that it is his party which seeks to deprive the inspectorate of its independence ; that it is his party which is determined to put the inspectorate under the control of a new quango quaintly called the educational standards commission ; that it is his party which would deprive Her Majesty 's inspectorate of an essential part of what has given it independence and credibility — its role in advising the Secretary of State of the day . |
| 10 | Either way , the word seems to suggest that it was their inability or refusal to suckle which was regarded as characteristic — a supposition exactly in line with my theory that they represent the masculine , aggressive , weaning mothers of early agriculture . |
| 11 | I would also have to say that it was he behaviour of the galleries which stands out . |
| 12 | She could have suggested that it was none of his business , or have made an excuse that she 'd forgotten to put it on , but , wits scattered , with her usual honesty she blurted out the exact truth . |
| 13 | I do n't know the answer , for only the people can give it ; but I do know that it is our duty to ask them . |
| 14 | Not so Jack , who appeared to have forgotten that it was his idea to invite them in the first place . |
| 15 | ‘ No one , ’ said a judge who had watched Slime , ‘ could ever again look at a pond and fail to remember that it was somebody 's home , ’ |
| 16 | Though he never disguised his leadership ambitions , he continued to deny that it was his intention to challenge the Prime Minister . |
| 17 | Of course the sceptics and the doubters will sneer at the influence on the affair exercised by Dicky saying that the former route was unsuitable and geographically unstable , and they will point out that such conditions have been overcome in other parts , for example , the West Highland , the Liverpool and Manchester and the Settle and Carlisle , but then those conversant with Dicky o' Tunstead will continue to believe that it is his malign influence which kept the rails away from Tunstead Farm . |
| 18 | The offending blob had been on the left side of the X-ray as I had looked at it , and I had assumed that it was my left lung that was affected . |
| 19 | Miriam : It 's the same situation , the men come to feel that it is their right as male persons to be over the woman . |
| 20 | On a number of occasions you have said that it is your belief that any initiatives being announced by the Government by way of statement are best announced to the House . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ argues Paul , ‘ you have to remember that it 's our first album and it 's , like , our album for the world . |
| 22 | We have to recognize that it is our responsibility to ensure that the natural fears and concerns that people have are allayed . |
| 23 | For a split second , I have sometimes failed to recognize that it is my own face that is being reflected back at me . |
| 24 | You have admitted that it was I who caused all the evidence to fall into a pattern . |
| 25 | I have to say that it was me , I did that . |
| 26 | David Held argues that it is something found ‘ in and between all groups , institutions ( formal and informal ) and societies , cutting across public and private life . |