Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know but he could of been ill , he could , it could of been that he could n't take any more you know that but Margaret was terri terribly bitter about him Margaret not coming , but he could , he could n't stand it |
| 2 | One thing I can be certain of is that we have all been involved in rows , misunderstandings and quarrels . |
| 3 | One you are all aware of is that we will be nationally approved to BS5750 standard . |
| 4 | ‘ I know now to expect the unexpected , but the one thing I can be sure of is that we all have lots of laughs making the show . ’ |
| 5 | Er , we did it erm , er just after 1919 when er , er we started backing the white Russians and erm , before we write off erm everything the Communist er Government of er Russia has done over the last seventy years as being evil , what I think we 've got to be aware of is that we may once more be unleashing the forces of nationalism , which in 1914 , and I think of going up er in the period in the thirties very much lead to erm two world wars , and er I 'd like to know more about er some of the forces the so called democratic forces that are backing erm Mr Yeltsin . |
| 6 | What we can , however , be reasonably certain of is that they will have at least some common experiences of television dramas ; these can themselves provide us with useful starting points . |
| 7 | ‘ The only thing I can think of is that there is a convent near where I live , and they take a few elderly people . ’ |
| 8 | The closest analogy I can think of is that it is very much like fishing , you never know what you are going to catch , you have to pull in the small ones when you are hoping for the big one , but occasionally a big one comes along when you least expect it . |
| 9 | Remember that the significance of is that it indicates the power in the load for a fixed amplitude of input signal . |
| 10 | Another characteristic of the inward investors that two authorities and ourselves have had experience of is that it 's likely that the user or users will want to have reasonably clean air , good water and the ability to work twenty four hours . |
| 11 | We 're Vice Presidents of Somerset Cricket Club , and the one thing that John is most proud of is that he once slow-bowled Dennis Compton during a match against the MCC . ’ |
| 12 | What I am most conscious of is that I have been regarded as a controversial figure : until the age of sixty I was seen either as a subversive or as an enfant terrible . |
| 13 | There are not many guarantees I can make in this game , but one thing I can assure you of is that you now have 1,000 shares in. |
| 14 | and the biggest pro for a fax that I can think of is that you can send the message and that 's that , there 's no risk of it dribbling on into , into doubt |
| 15 | All she could think of was that they 'd all been in on this — a kind of family Mafia , working behind the scenes to make sure that Lucenzo ended up with everything , his empire untouched . |
| 16 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 17 | One thing we were both sure of was that we would return in the near future with no carp tackle , but to fish purely for the cats , that is if we can get booked of course . |
| 18 | For , trying to analyse why she should want to see him again so badly , she realised that the only thing she could be positive of was that her wanting to see him again had nothing whatsoever to do with that infernal interview ! |
| 19 | All I was conscious of was that everything had miscarried , and in my isolation , I was powerless to do anything . |
| 20 | When we first started with him , even when we were rehearsing properly with him , all we could think of was that he could n't sing . |
| 21 | All he could think of was that he wanted to sneeze . |
| 22 | Adam Burns was a hard man to get to know , but one thing she was instinctively sure of was that he 'd never back away from something simply because it was dangerous . |
| 23 | I mean if , if you er er the whole experience of was that you could get rent reduction and interest rate reduction relatively peacefully so you would n't get disruption etcetera and you would n't get disruption and what , what you might come to recognize as a more , a more viable agricultural system . |
| 24 | All I could think of was that I knew that a Lee Metford was the forerunner of the Lee Enfield .303 rifle and almost became standard issue to the British army before WW1 . |
| 25 | What he was sure of was that she 'd disappeared , and that was inconvenient to him . |
| 26 | Luke Calder was nothing but a ruthless manipulator who made people do what he wanted when he wanted it , yet all she could think of was that she wanted to feel again the hot urgency of his mouth ! |
| 27 | Yet what they seem satisfied with is that they initiate contact with the lawyer , and not the other way round , as and when they think he or she is needed . |
| 28 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 29 | ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do . |
| 30 | I think there 's a danger that you can go over the top with praise , in that you 're anxious to give quality feedback , the thing that you have to be careful with is that it 's not just meaningless like that , because that can be just as bad as giving negative feedback . |