Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was sitting in front of an audience that I hardly knew but believed to be very worthy that brought back that old feeling of being a bit of a fraud , particularly when one lady , catching the shreds of my zeal said I had taken away her fear of cancer ! |
| 2 | I have declined to act as external examiner to candidates whose subject or thesis title seemed to be so dubious that a successful treatment of it could only be done by a candidate of exceptional brilliance ; in such cases it is likely that the candidate has had inadequate or misguided supervision . |
| 3 | For twelve months , I 've been trying to er , when I realised that that was put on my cleaning bill , it seemed to be so unfair that the little ol and the lady who , up till now has has cleaned for me , because the home help service , no longer just does cleaning . |
| 4 | As it seemed to be fairly certain that the children would now not come that way and the main rides need be watched no longer , the Leader went back and called the thin man in . |
| 5 | you know , give them a lift home , and they felt that it was a bit discourteous to be asked to write them name in the book every time , and it it I mean it seemed to be quite reasonable that we 're |
| 6 | If she had n't known her twin better , Dana 's mask of sophistication could have wounded her deeply , particularly when she persisted in being so sure that Roman would do exactly as she wished . |
| 7 | In the end , this passion of his for generating paper got to be so ridiculous that we had T-shirts made up , with the DEA logo and OPERATION MAKAKOPI in big letters across the chest . |
| 8 | She did n't much rate her chances of getting hold of the key to Charlie 's desk , but the desk itself was so old and the drawer appeared to be so ill-fitting that a touch of leverage might just spring it open . |
| 9 | Lord Denning said that it had to be so serious that it was of the first importance that offenders be brought to justice . |