Example sentences of "[be] that [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , how glad I am that I did n't die . |
| 2 | ‘ Have n't I shown you how delighted I am that you did ? |
| 3 | As I shall seek to argue , the opportunity was there ; and the Home Secretary 's failure has been that he did not grasp it . |
| 4 | Taking into account the fact that they made fewer comments about individual types of credit than men , women 's comments were more likely to be that they did not know how a type of credit worked than men 's ; and less likely to say that it was easy to understand and use . |
| 5 | It may also be that they did not want to listen to difficult questions we wanted to put . ’ |
| 6 | In the framework I am suggesting , the answer might be that he did . |
| 7 | His main concern appeared to be that he did not want too many parents to be able to read it because they would find it attractive . |
| 8 | Could it be that he did feel something other than sexual desire for her ? |
| 9 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 10 | Your only defence would be that you did not publish the slander , which in this case would be very difficult , I feel . |
| 11 | The difference is that we did n't know then what we know now , we did n't know what would become of us ’ ; or ‘ We were so young and spilling over with everything inside ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ The only difference between this and other games is that we did n't put goals on the end of the performance . |
| 13 | ‘ But the positive thing is that we did win our last home game and it was a big one . |
| 14 | ‘ What I regret is that we did n't force the bank into this situation 15 months ago when we first approached it over the demerger . |
| 15 | But we did n't have to , what I mean the point is that we did n't have to tell , have to tell them , they already knew . |
| 16 | The trouble is that we did n't have our leaflets ready because when you d er depend on large firms to help you , you know they 're always just so busy when you need them , so it was dragged out . |
| 17 | One thing that went seriously wrong is that we did n't hear more of Neil Kinnock speaking as he did amid the wreckage of his political hopes and personal career . |
| 18 | But the thing was , what I , what I was ge getting to last night , is that we did n't bring the name into it , the surname . |
| 19 | Do n't let it slip straight away , I mean That was annoying thing is that we did n't deserve to lose three one really , I mean |
| 20 | But seems to me that 's silly is that we did n't keep with that correspondence a copy of the enquiry form , which , the original is gone to the central record . |
| 21 | And the accusation against several of them , including the Prime Minister , is that they did precisely that . |
| 22 | The surprise here is that they did it with the best , very purest intentions , poor lambs . |
| 23 | So my reading of the evidence so far is that they did n't want a body lying around on the river bed , where it might come up sometime , or perhaps even be found by divers , but they wanted him carried under water well out to sea . " |
| 24 | S so then the evidence is that they did know each other , begging what know exactly entails , but that 's not in dispute . |
| 25 | Another reason for suspecting the masked lady was Ada is that she did seem to disappear , from at least public view , about that time . |
| 26 | The answer is that she did not tell us . |
| 27 | For certain it is that she did leave your enclave with my men , and with them took the road to Ramsey . |
| 28 | ‘ Yeah , but the word is that she did n't realize IMC sent a whole fleet . |
| 29 | ‘ The alternative , of course , is that she did it . |
| 30 | And another thing , she did n't have to do well her mother 's erm her mother-in-law seems a bit erm bad tempered with her , like , she 's is that she did n't have to tell John , her ex-husband that there 's anything the matter like and and , and that 's when she she , all she wants to do is get him against me . |