Example sentences of "[be] [that] [pron] [vb past] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only problems encountered were that I tended to catch my chin on the high foam on the front and shoulder elastic was slightly against skin . |
| 2 | The reason Gandhi gives for choosing to become a vānaprasthin is that he wanted to devote himself to the service of the community . |
| 3 | Now all I 'm saying is that he undertook to give us those in forty eight hours . |
| 4 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |
| 5 | The main problem was that we had to do it with a RELIANT ROBIN three wheeler car , looking remarkably similar to Del Boy 's . |
| 6 | All that we had to say to them was that we intended to tax them more severely . |
| 7 | What distressed her most was that she began to find herself liking the woman , with whom she realized she had much in common . |
| 8 | ‘ She was smashed out of her brains , Fergus , and about the only thing she remembered was that she wanted to get your trousers off . |
| 9 | ‘ Edwin was always a joker but the point was that he seemed to undervalue his own work and to think less of my judgement because I did not . |
| 10 | When Cain made his feelings known , the only explanation he received was that he had to master his sin before God would be impressed with him . |
| 11 | The reason that Jesus talked with this woman was that he wanted to save her . |
| 12 | But the true reason was that he wanted to prevent me from writing any more good poems about them . ) |
| 13 | When he refused a peerage the reason he gave was that he preferred to think his country owed him something . |
| 14 | And erm the provivo proviso was that you had to pay it back though . |
| 15 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 16 | All I knew , in the heat of that moment , was that I had to protect you from me , had to take heed of that barely grasped truth that I could n't perhaps take your virginity and then just walk away . ’ |
| 17 | The effect of this inner sweetness was that I began to sing what previously I had spoken ; only I sang inwardly , and that for my Creator . |
| 18 | Of course , my real reason was that I hoped to get him back , but it has n't worked . ’ |