Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [that] i [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The greatest irony is that I thought he could help me in my research on rape , ’ she says . |
| 2 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 3 | I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts . |
| 4 | The other factor against a return was that I reckoned it only a matter of time before they stopped being DINKS ( double income , no kids ) and became WHANnies ( ‘ We have a Nanny ’ ) . |
| 5 | You can break it but the thing is that I warned her , er , you know , as long as they get through to her hold on that that 's very nicely set up if she twiddles her |
| 6 | The most frightening thing was that I thought it would never stop . |
| 7 | ‘ You know , the worst thing was that I missed it . ’ |
| 8 | my pain is that I knew you |
| 9 | My problem , if you can call it that , at the time was that I thought I had all the natural talent in the world and did n't need to train . |