Example sentences of "[pers pn] that it be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I that it was you . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's told me that it 's nothing she regrets . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Not-do n't tell me that it 's our friend Sir Henry ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It seems to me that it is we who are being treated like criminals but I do n't suppose I have any choice . ’ |
| 7 | You 're going to try to tell me that it was him , not you ? |
| 8 | But it had never struck me that it was something he would notice . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Are you going to tell me that it was someone who came back on the train from London who gave you the key ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It proves to them that it is their situation which defeats them , not themselves , and there is nothing that anyone can do about it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I quickly told them that it was their problem and they who had to sort it out . |
| 16 | ‘ What you and I have just had … what we have just experienced … well , I can tell you that it is something very special indeed . |
| 17 | ‘ The government , ’ he yelled to the crowd of mechanics and young men listening , ‘ try to tell you that it is your duty to fight . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | How very arrogant you are , Feargal , and might I remind you that it was you who sought me out , not the other way round ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ You were supposed to explain to him that it 's your job to stay with him . |
| 22 | She told him that it was her intention to make her maiden speech at the conference . |
| 23 | I did not remind him that it was I who had replaced the newspaper with mended panes and the sacking with curtains . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Her instinct told her that it was something far more worrying . |
| 26 | Mrs McMahon felt herself incapable of assisting Terry to dress because it had only just burst upon her that it was her daughter getting married and she would leave and never be seen again . |
| 27 | They 're offering a gift , you know … the fact that each one is a piece of work , so much has gone into it that it 's something very special , and I understand that it 's very nerve-wracking for them to offer it , to perform it … |
| 28 | You ca n't take it that it is you have to draw your scale diagram . |
| 29 | Rumour had it that it was he who brought it to the attention of Chamberlain , who became President of the Board of Trade at the same time as Plimsoll left the House , that numbers of lives lost at sea , after falling as a result of the Load Line Act , were now again on the increase . |
| 30 | Because I do n't mind if Karen writes and bloody blames us that it 's our bloody fault , I 'm not bothered . |