Example sentences of "[pron] that it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I that it was you . |
| 2 | We tell ourselves that it 's something we should be starting on " one of these days ' . |
| 3 | ‘ She 's told me that it 's nothing she regrets . |
| 4 | I understand there are problems er but as a general principle it does seem to me that it 's something that needs to be looked at and the minister has said that a lot of these matters will be dealt with by a statement of practice and er he was asked by the honourable gentleman , the member for South Hams I think , er er er what the status of er these people were . |
| 5 | At the risk of having you bellow down the phone to me that it 's none of my business , I think you made a big mistake . |
| 6 | Not-do n't tell me that it 's our friend Sir Henry ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It seems to me that it is we who are being treated like criminals but I do n't suppose I have any choice . ’ |
| 8 | You 're going to try to tell me that it was him , not you ? |
| 9 | But it had never struck me that it was something he would notice . |
| 10 | She 's in the basement watching ‘ the telly ’ ' — he picked out the words sarcastically — ‘ though she did glance away from the screen just long enough to tell me that it was her mother 's bingo night . |
| 11 | Are you going to tell me that it was someone who came back on the train from London who gave you the key ? ’ |
| 12 | But I think that we can persuade them that it is something that Parliament has said a planning application that deals with local issues can be determined locally . |
| 13 | It proves to them that it is their situation which defeats them , not themselves , and there is nothing that anyone can do about it . |
| 14 | You should explain to them that it is your responsibility to ensure that contracts are exchanged in such a way that this scenario does not arise . |
| 15 | Cos every time they use it , she reminds them that it 's her telly and that she er could have sold it and got the money . |
| 16 | I quickly told them that it was their problem and they who had to sort it out . |
| 17 | Just for a second , for one brief surprising second , the old man admitted to himself that it was he who had created this pitiful excuse for a man , and his conscience , that bothersome thing which he had buried long ago , rose to haunt him . |
| 18 | When she 'd been selected , and automatically compelled to leave the Navy , taking an appointment at a civilian hospital , he 'd told himself that it was his duty to visit her to see that she was settled in … not lonely . |
| 19 | ‘ What you and I have just had … what we have just experienced … well , I can tell you that it is something very special indeed . |
| 20 | ‘ The government , ’ he yelled to the crowd of mechanics and young men listening , ‘ try to tell you that it is your duty to fight . |
| 21 | Has it not occurred to you that it 's your father who dissuades Matthew from making friends of his own age … talks him out of seeking other work ? |
| 22 | How very arrogant you are , Feargal , and might I remind you that it was you who sought me out , not the other way round ? ’ |
| 23 | a voice came er , from the , the back of beyond and Keith said , oh he said Sheila has just reminded me to tell you that it was my idea . |
| 24 | Helpless in the grip of emotions that refused to be denied , she finally admitted to herself that it was what she wanted ; what she had wanted since he had kissed her , oh , so gently , in the kitchen . |
| 25 | She looked around at the other people in the water , and when she saw Matthew , brown and sinewy , poised on the board for a swift controlled racing dive , she admitted to herself that it was him she was searching for . |
| 26 | All through Saturday , she worked on it , telling herself that it was none of her business . |
| 27 | ‘ You were supposed to explain to him that it 's your job to stay with him . |
| 28 | She told him that it was her intention to make her maiden speech at the conference . |
| 29 | I did not remind him that it was I who had replaced the newspaper with mended panes and the sacking with curtains . |
| 30 | The latter had evidently enquired as to whose command Stirling 's detachment came under and Smith informed him that it was his , but that L Detachment would revert to GHQ control on completion of their current tasks . |