Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] be [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ How can I be feeling sorry for myself , when I should be sad that he has died ? ’ |
| 3 | I 'll be afraid that they can see my tummy . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd be satisfied if I could be sure that you and I exist at this moment . ’ |
| 5 | If I do n't try myself to answer such questions , I could be sure that someone would certainly raise them . |
| 6 | ‘ I just wish I could be sure that your chosen career had nothing to do with the fact that it was mine ! ’ |
| 7 | That 's Swedish , so that I could be sure that you would n't understand . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I shall be satisfied that er er these things are shooting up . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | I will be sure that I will be sure of that |
| 18 | I can be sure that real teachers would have avoided a number of APU 's blunders . |
| 19 | I can be sure that real teachers would have avoided a number of APU 's blunders . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | As long as I am with you , I can be sure that you will not be led astray by the demon drink . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | I suppose I can be grateful that he did n't actually order me to help , ’ she finished drily . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | You may be sure that I have now placed a regular order with CRA St Albans , my local stockist , so that I am not disappointed in the future . |
| 27 | If you use binoculars or a telescope and see a star as a large , shimmering globe , you may be sure that there is something wrong with the focus . |
| 28 | If you look at Corona and find only one star in the bowl above the seventh magnitude , you may be sure that R Coronæ has faded . |
| 29 | If you look at Algol and find that it is no brighter than Epsilon or Zeta , you may be sure that an eclipse is in progress . |
| 30 | If you see any star of comparable brightness , you may be sure that it is T. Pyxis is included on the chart with Puppis . |