Example sentences of "[be] [that] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the speaker is lying , for instance , it may be that what caused his utterance was something quite opposed to belief in what he meant to say , or a favourable attitude towards what his utterance was meant to commend . |
| 2 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 3 | In a rape case the typical defence argument is that the woman consented to intercourse , while in sex murder the defence may be that she provoked him . |
| 4 | I can not quite recall what he said ; it may be that he said nothing , which , rather than utter anything trite , he sometimes preferred to do . |
| 5 | It could be that he felt I represented authority or the establishment in some way , or perhaps I was just convenient |
| 6 | Ms Armstrong considers Mr Fallon to be sexist : the reason appears to be that he called her a woman . |
| 7 | Could it be that someone took him up on the extravagant wagers he offered constantly during the election and that he 's been forced to three ball his monkey suit to meet his gambling debts ? and then there was the letter in Saturday 's Darlington and Stockton Times from stop-at-home Nick ThorneWallis , Labour chairman of Darlington council 's transport committee . |
| 8 | ‘ So the thing that I would say , if I had to give myself a brownie point , would be that I enabled her to see that she could work actively with the situation . |
| 9 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 10 | Had it been a professional job all that would matter from your point of view would be that you followed their instructions and moved at their pace with my help . |