Example sentences of "[be] [adj] that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Iranians , concerned by what Reagan seemed to have done with their wish-list of missiles , wanted to be convinced that they had ‘ something in hand ’ . |
| 2 | He seemed to be unaware that there had been a further post-duopoly review and that competition within the telecommunications industry is being opened up generally . |
| 3 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 4 | I could only be glad that I had never spoken of my plan to Joe , when he was looking after me . |
| 5 | All the same , if it happened that David made her with child , she would bear the child proudly , and be glad that she had brought him a degree of happiness . |
| 6 | They seemed not to be , but it was difficult to be sure that they had not simply managed to turn away again in time . |
| 7 | Although I did what I could to try to conceive a girl , I could n't be sure that I had . |
| 8 | You had to be sure that she had convictions as a prostitute — first loitering and then prostitution and then finer points came up over suspected persons . |
| 9 | Who could be sure that it had been positioned correctly , that the first thick black line was exactly three feet and six inches from the green tiles of the floor ? |
| 10 | But I needed to be sure that you had not forgotten your homesite . |
| 11 | For a moment he thought that a sprinkling of light fell wherever Fael-Inis walked , but as it touched the floor it vanished , and he could not be sure that he had seen it at all . |
| 12 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |
| 13 | Several Cabinet ministers were reported to be outraged that she had failed to consult them , depriving them of the opportunity to try to persuade her to step down in favour of a more plausible ‘ unity ’ , or ‘ stop Heseltine ’ , candidate from within the Cabinet . |
| 14 | In the end I pretended to be worried that I had left my bicycle lamp on and dashed outside to relieve myself in a flower-bed . |
| 15 | He had even imagined that she mocked him with her smile , though he could not be certain that she had actually seen him there . |
| 16 | As Lizzie says , ‘ God knows , we 're poor enough , but it would be a relief in a way to be certain that she had cut us out altogether . |
| 17 | By March he was out again , and back at his office in Faber and Faber , although he was prudent enough to retire to bed early in the evening : with a complaint which had no organic cause , he could not be certain that he had been cured " . |
| 18 | At the same time he knew that she would be aware that he had never been with a woman before . |
| 19 | Mrs Rosenbloom nearly always found out about it and she would be mad that he had taken me from my work with the children . |
| 20 | And the story that I heard which may not be true that he had he did n't have the wig and gown . |