Example sentences of "[verb] that [be] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 They a they er they 're not going to know that are they ?
2 I 'd forgotten that was what I 'd picked a Gnat for in the first place It sounded horrible , coming from him .
3 And if you 're coming round the corner you 're not gon na knock that are you ?
4 He 's concerned about environmental issues and the destruction of the planet he says that 's his reason for carrying on working .
5 It is tempting to speculate that were it not for the onset of the protracted illness in February 1858 Which led to his death in September 1859 , his influence might have produced a very different outcome to the competition .
6 Nor can we believe that were we to allow this application , potential future witnesses would be deterred from co-operating in investigations yet to come or the police feel inhibited from giving future reassurance as to the consequences of such co-operation in the self-same terms as at present .
7 So what actually happened that were they were brought down ?
8 Will my hon. Friend confirm that were he to make representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , there is no constitutional impediment to the Chancellor abolishing taxes before Budget day ?
9 I hope that Opposition Members accept that were we to attempt a rushed account this evening it would of necessity be incomplete .
10 But Gentlemen for your deliberations to be useful they must be free — your opinions must not be shackled by authorities ; & I know that were I present your candor and delicacy towards me would be such , as to prevent that freedom of discussion and investigation , which is absolutely necessary to obtain a knowledge of facts .
11 Oh you 're going to use that are you ?
12 But if you 're asking me whether I would have agreed to live with you , if I 'd known that was what you were asking , I just do n't know . ’
13 I am going to have to say , ‘ OK , this is not what I wanted , but it appears that is what you [ the voters ] have decided ’ .
14 It is strange to consider that were it not for the intervention of Conservative industrialists , the proposals in this Bill could have been far worse .
15 When we say that what we see is a mile away , we must mean that were we to move forward a mile , we would be ‘ affected with such and such ideas of touch ’ ; and so Berkeley concludes that the things we see are not the same as those we touch .
16 ‘ That may be true , ’ Claudia said , knowing that were she in Berenice 's shoes , she would let Garry go .
17 Luke , I thought — I genuinely thought that was what you were asking me . ’
18 I really thought that was it , then I stopped taking them . ’
19 ‘ I rather thought that was it . ’
20 ‘ I never thought that was your problem . ’
21 Well I er come in , picked all stuff up off the floor lit the fire and I think that were it .
22 So I think there are difficulties and I might er just finally add that were we to go along the lines he mentioned , we would of course need primary er legislation because we could n't introduce in orders under the relevant legislation this , so it would have to be a matter for another day , were we to er consider that seriously , but it is not the intention of the government .
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