Example sentences of "[be] [that] i [vb past] [verb] [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 Being that I 'd had one before and I was alright about it , I feel fine .
3 Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time .
4 But the main thing , after all , was that I had sent nothing abroad , although some diplomat friends had offered to do this for me .
5 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 . ’
6 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 .
7 Of course , my real reason was that I hoped to get him back , but it has n't worked . ’
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