Example sentences of "be that [pron] be [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the probabilities are that you are fooling yourself . |
| 2 | ‘ My orders , little friar , are that you are to accompany me into Cheapside to a tavern called the Bear and Ragged Staff . |
| 3 | Ward 's excuse for talking in Spanish had been that he was accustoming himself to using it freely . |
| 4 | The thing to remember is your last little note is that it seems to be that they 're accusing him of blasphemy as it was said . |
| 5 | It may well be that they 're doing it , with er other ways of doing it and er that 's , that 's discussion , but I do actually think that there is sometimes something to be said , and I think a group can say it more easily than individual , is if you want something done , do it , but do n't come along and complain . |
| 6 | Could it possibly be that she was missing something ? |
| 7 | Well I just feel no matter sentence he serves he 's always going to be that he 's left my daughter with a life sentence . |
| 8 | It could be that you 're giving them some stuff that we already know or it could be that you 're giving them some stuff which is far too advanced for them , they do n't have the basics there . |
| 9 | It could be that you 're giving them some stuff that we already know or it could be that you 're giving them some stuff which is far too advanced for them , they do n't have the basics there . |
| 10 | Well plus plus the fact that erm it 's not that you have n't got one , or it 's not that we 'd need you to drive it 's that you 're denying us the privilege of being able to send you . |
| 11 | and the best thing is that nobody 's doing it , everybody 's doing cabaret spots along the line jokes and stuff like that , but nobody 's not doing cabaret spots with trumpets |
| 12 | Naturally I hope not , and the probability is that we 're exercising ourselves over nothing . |
| 13 | All we dare claim is that we are making them better readers ’ ( p. 56 ) . |
| 14 | The bad news is that they 're snatching it back . |
| 15 | Well , what the government has said today is that they 're giving us some money to help us to take it and boost it a bit further and we 're very pleased to see that . |
| 16 | They may watch it knowingly as a piece of kitsch , but the point is that they are watching it . |
| 17 | ‘ The only difference between Lee and Roy Keane and David Hirst is that they are doing it in the Premier League . |
| 18 | The more likely explanation is that she was pressurising him to leave your daughter to marry her . |
| 19 | ‘ The point is that I am teaching them a difference , ’ Diana told a friend . |
| 20 | ‘ I tell yer , Joe old cock , my bleedin' trouble is that I 'm misunderstood meself , I been sufferin' misunderstandin' all me life . |
| 21 | ‘ The main thing is that I 'm enjoying my throwing again . ’ |
| 22 | My only worry is that I 'm turning him into New Boy with an unhealthy interest in housework . |
| 23 | The truth is that I 'm finding it damnably hard to confess to you what happened between Lotta and myself , and it 's vital that you know . ’ |
| 24 | So what I 'm actually saying is that I 'm making my objective an elephant , it 's too large i e if I wanted to eat an elephant , it 's too large an objective , but I could achieve it by what ? |
| 25 | What does matter is that you 're wearing yourself to a shadow to make a bare livelihood — and my hands are tied , ’ he said violently , looking down at them as though he longed to tear off the invisible fetters . |
| 26 | The great thing about the game is that you 're teaching them a little bit of culture |
| 27 | The hon. Gentleman has said that it is in the process of acquiring two incredibly beautiful works and the point is that it is acquiring them even though they cost much more than the nominal amount of Government grant available . |
| 28 | The idea is that he 's using them as , as a way of communicating the idea of the forest being er landscaped ; the whole environment of being polluted and it has an ecological background to it . |
| 29 | It is no secret that Slobodan Milosevic [ the Serbian President ] is psychologically a self-destructive , suicidal type , but the trouble is that he is transferring his suicidal madness onto the nation as a whole . |
| 30 | ‘ What he is hoping , by blurting out such nonsense , is that he is keeping his finger firmly on the self-destruct button for the British monarchy . ’ |