Example sentences of "[noun] [be] that [pron] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inevitable consequence of his marriage was that he forfeited his fellowship , and the security it had given him . |
| 2 | The trouble with the hon. Gentleman is that he believes his own propaganda . |
| 3 | ‘ I always tried to make Mojo more organised , ’ she says , ‘ but all that ended up happening was that I kept his diary and sent letters off for him . |
| 4 | A felicitous footnote to that incident is that he got his cake after all . |
| 5 | My first thought was that he meant his feeling for me . |
| 6 | Welsh bardic tradition was that he carried his offensive into the heartland of Gwynedd . |
| 7 | Smith was a painful blustering bully of a man whose only redeeming feature was that he knew his job . |
| 8 | Beales 's story was that he met his friend in the pub just after 1 p.m . |
| 9 | Look at Carlos Lopes — I would n't compare myself with Lopes , but the fact is that he ran his fastest 10K while he was training for a marathon [ Lopes ran the then second fastest ever 10,000m , with 17:17.48 in July 1984 , just one month before winning the Olympic marathon in a record 2:09.21 ] . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most fitting tribute to their son is that he gave his life to a mission which may have saved many more . |