Example sentences of "[noun sg] that it [vb mod] [be] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , Britain had failed to convince the new French president that it could be nothing but a rival to France for European leadership . |
| 2 | He could indeed hear breathing , though it was true of course that it might be his own , since everything about himself seemed to be happening so far away for the moment . |
| 3 | And it seemed to Dalgliesh an ironic twist of fate that it should be he , whom Berowne had shown a disposition to trust , who should now be travelling to begin that inexorable process of violation . |
| 4 | I congratulate all those who won trophies and I commiserate with the runners up and others , in the knowledge that it may be their turn next year . |
| 5 | But I have the feeling that it could be my next Major because it will be on a course I can play . ’ |
| 6 | And , the way things had been going for Gerhard Berger , it was perhaps no surprise that it should be his McLaren which would suffer that fate . |
| 7 | I had not considered the possibility that it might be me who would have to tell her of Graham Mills ' death . |