Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's the problem with that attitude ; the doctor and the nurse and the hospital and everyone may be convinced that these problems are resolved adequately . |
| 2 | On English Heritage : I must be confident that Jocelyn Stevens [ its director ] is handing over the sites to the right custodians ; I feel that local management could be better . |
| 3 | ‘ How can I be feeling sorry for myself , when I should be sad that he has died ? ’ |
| 4 | I 'll be afraid that they can see my tummy . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd be satisfied if I could be sure that you and I exist at this moment . ’ |
| 6 | If I do n't try myself to answer such questions , I could be sure that someone would certainly raise them . |
| 7 | ‘ I just wish I could be sure that your chosen career had nothing to do with the fact that it was mine ! ’ |
| 8 | That 's Swedish , so that I could be sure that you would n't understand . |
| 9 | I thought I 'd be relieved that you did n't have to pick my comment apart and use it as an opening for deep amateur psychoanalysis of myself , yourself , and half a dozen other people as well ! |
| 10 | and if you can have a word with them I 'd be grateful that just lays the foundation for me to talk to them and er and to go and see them . |
| 11 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 12 | The people murdered last week were every bit as innocent as were the people in the Shankhill Road , and I would be certain that the families of the people in the Shankhill Road would be horrified that the murder of their loved ones would be used as an excuse as an excuse to do exactly the same to other innocent people . |
| 13 | I have n't heard the names yet , of the people who have lost their lives but I 'd be I would be certain that I would know some of them personally . |
| 14 | If I were a teacher of French , I would be worried that 50 million French people would know ‘ my ’ subject better than I do ; as it is I have no such fears . |
| 15 | I mean , I do n't think anyone took any risks , and we were all wearing gloves anyway because of the state he was in — I would be worried that it would make people panic unnecessarily . |
| 16 | I shall be satisfied that er er these things are shooting up . |
| 17 | For example : ‘ I will be sad that we wo n't all be together at Christmas , but I know that a holiday away is really what I need . ’ |
| 18 | I will be sure that I will be sure of that |
| 19 | I can be sure that real teachers would have avoided a number of APU 's blunders . |
| 20 | I can be sure that real teachers would have avoided a number of APU 's blunders . |
| 21 | I will take on the caring but I must have a break every six months , ’ or ‘ I can only do so if I can be sure that the incontinence service will be reliable . ’ |
| 22 | As long as I am with you , I can be sure that you will not be led astray by the demon drink . ’ |
| 23 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 24 | I suppose I can be grateful that he did n't actually order me to help , ’ she finished drily . |
| 25 | I keep a notepad by my bedside to record these thoughts and in this way I can be confident that I really have thought of everything . |
| 26 | The sufferer himself may be worried that he is ‘ hearing things which are n't there ’ . |
| 27 | They have recommended that anyone who intends to release a genetically manipulated organism into the environment should first seek consent of some ‘ competent authority ’ which must be satisfied that the proposed release is as safe as reasonably practicable . |
| 28 | Since Mandela 's release the issue of who might market his life-story has become unclear , but Mandela himself must be aware that his name carries enormous money-making potential . |
| 29 | Even her father 's death a month ago had n't really affected her , because he had been ill for such a long time that nobody could be sorry that the end had come . |
| 30 | Soon their captors would be out again , driven into the night by the terror above their heads , but now Allen and Marian by keeping the Tower behind them could be sure that they were moving in the direction of the forest . |