Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] be [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , all I came to tell you was that Matilda has a brilliant mind . |
| 2 | Very quickly erm er the Mrs said that er yes I do have a direct er line to God and one of the messages he did give me was that I should start to write Focus . |
| 3 | What did surprise us was that the blame was put on our diet and in particular our greasy fish suppers and general lifestyle . |
| 4 | One thing that I did tell her was that if I ever got arrested she would not be involved . |
| 5 | What did bother him was that in his duel within McLaren with Prost , the Frenchman , six years his junior , always started with an advantage . |
| 6 | What did bother him was that Graham used him to get at Barak . |
| 7 | What had startled him was that she had a sister , Sandra Riverton , who had worked for INCUBUS in Suffolk . |
| 8 | What I really wrote to tell you is that the Ballet Club Committee says that the Scarlet Woman must be changed — so please do two new designs for me to choose from — and help me ! |
| 9 | What I attempted to tell you was that there is essentially no region that in respect of any land which lies within the general area of the statutorily approved greenbelt , its mere existence within the greenbelt must be taken to mean that it has a greenbelt function . |