Example sentences of "be [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were also , probably , drunk , but how you got drunk , or where you had been between that first moment of reacquaintance with yourself and now , was a mystery . |
| 2 | But may have been through that earlier . |
| 3 | ‘ No , Charlie , of course you can ‘ t , we 've been through that . |
| 4 | Bull has now failed to score for seven games but Turner said : ‘ There is not a striker in the country who has not been through that sort of spell . ’ |
| 5 | By the time he had been through that and was ready to return , Jennifer had been married and divorced and was almost a stranger again . |
| 6 | In November , he warned that if the likes of IBM and DEC did n't implement drastic measures they 'd go through ‘ Holy Heck ’ — DG has been through that and if the company is confident about one thing , it is that the worst is over . |
| 7 | ‘ It is vitally important we get people who have themselves been through that experience , ’ said Christine . |
| 8 | How would you describe , if you 'd been through that jungle what would you have said ? |
| 9 | She 's been through that process once , and it seems that she 'll stay immune to further absorption . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've been through that ? ’ he asked . |
| 11 | We 've been through that . ’ |
| 12 | House prices will not rise in the same way and consumers who have been through that experience have been hard bitten by it . |
| 13 | Having been through that process once , the Social Security Committee is clearly interested in other areas . |
| 14 | yeah , erm yeah it was different erm with it only being role play it was a bit erm difficult to keep up with it sometimes and actually keep it going like , erm if it was the real life situation outside right you 'd know that the person you were talking to had more had been through that situation before |
| 15 | Er Eric and I know fully we 've been through that , fingers crossed behind our backs . |
| 16 | having been through that experience with Helen , he 'll be a lot more weary . |
| 17 | I do n't make any apologies for that , and maybe it is going over the old ground , but unless we do it , unless we try to do it , if we 've done it the way before been and it has n't produced what we , what we want , then surely it 's not for us to sit back and say , ‘ Well , it 's been through that and it has n't worked ’ , surely we ought to try again , and that 's what I hope to be doing , sort of value your support and see you . |
| 18 | I want to show you how grateful I am for that . ’ |
| 19 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 20 | Sad though that may have been for that particular patient , there was a positive side , the cancer never reappeared . |
| 21 | ‘ Had it not been for that publication Sally might have avoided that almost overwhelming sea of troubles which resulted from harmlessly intended praise . ’ |
| 22 | His first feelings of love had been for that gloriously liberated and beautiful tomboy . |
| 23 | And doubtless there would have been many more had it not been for that unfortunate accident which befell Mr Rabbit in Mr MacGregor 's garden whereby he ended up in one of Mrs MacGregor 's rabbit pies . |
| 24 | ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ . |
| 25 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 26 | We might have had it all , had it not been for that One . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 28 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 29 | Well what would the original Gaelic have been for that ? |
| 30 | Buddy would have been 56 this year and no doubt raving on even now had it not been for that fateful February in 1959 … the day the music died . |