Example sentences of "[modal v] be that [pers pn] do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 2 | Or it might be that you do n't want to talk about her because there is something to hide ? |
| 3 | It may be that we do n't have to use all of that . |
| 4 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 5 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |