Example sentences of "[be] that [noun prp] have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All the rumours are that Jerry 's been bringing his troops back from the east by the train-load . |
| 2 | Of course it could n't be that Nick had been relieved . |
| 3 | What he does n't seem to know is that Albie had been talking to Carmichael . |
| 4 | The good news is that Emma has been given the all clear and regular check up appointments at St.Bart 's and Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford will make sure she gets the right care from the experts . |
| 5 | The most damning fact of all is that Seb had been drinking . |
| 6 | The truth is that Libya has been stiched up on several occasions since Libyan oil was nationalised in 1969 and Gaddafi refused to behave like the American client his predecessors used to be . |
| 7 | Although gossip was that Churchill had been tempted , given the mighty scale of Germany 's achievements in so short a time , the iron returned to his soul and he steamrollered furiously through his doubting Cabinet . |
| 8 | I think what happened was that Nick had been hanging around waiting to get hold of her . |
| 9 | The British had been taken to the cleaners because foolish politicians in post-war Britain had elected to produce sociologists instead of engineers , and the predictable end result was that Britain had been short on wealth creators and long on spenders . |
| 10 | What it did not want the public to know was that Blake had been authorised to do shady deals with Russian intelligence , including the betrayal of MI6 agents in East Germany , and the whole plan had backfired because he was a spy already . |
| 11 | The final position , therefore , was that Wilfrid had been restored to York and had regained control of Ripon . |
| 12 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 13 | Her feeling was that Meryl had been waiting for someone … |
| 14 | Impossible to judge whether she knew or did not know whatever it was that Francis had been told , and there was nothing to be gained by turning the screw too hard . |