Example sentences of "be [that] she [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So single-minded had she been that she 'd forgotten the presence of Mike and this man . |
| 2 | Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion . |
| 3 | Or , perhaps , it may have been that she had married him . |
| 4 | He had watched until the night nurse had left the office and now he was as sure as he could be that she had gone below for a meal . |
| 5 | Could it be that she had retraced her steps , worked out that the house was Littlecote and the perpetrator of this heinous crime was Darrel ? |
| 6 | Could n't it be that she had needed to loathe him so that she could smother the awakening of her real feelings for him ? |
| 7 | And best of all the pictures that flew through her mind so happily as she jolted onwards was Michael Swinton 's gratitude and delight , how touched he would be that she had thought of him , how she would seem to him like some sort of Christmas spirit , glittering in a thousand jewels , her arms laden with bounty … |
| 8 | Mm , it might be that she 's got |
| 9 | Blanche tiptoed over and remembered the face from the photograph of Tatyana 's that she had borrowed . |
| 10 | I think quite a lot of it , erm , books have n't mentioned this er frustrated erm feeling in the grant is that she 's come out |
| 11 | The best we could hope for is that she 's had a brainstorm , and I do n't know how often that happens outside of books . |
| 12 | So I , I , I think that er one of the , the comforting things which er I c I can see is that she has grown in self confidence , not cockiness , self confidence . |
| 13 | ‘ What matters is that she has given us the most glorious production we have ever had at Hochhauser . |
| 14 | Does not the Prime Minister appreciate that one of the reasons for the very low morale in the Civil Service is that she has appointed so many confirmed Thatcherites to some of the best jobs ? |
| 15 | Updated information is that she has dropped out , due to financial problems . |
| 16 | The value of Moscucci 's approach is that she has provided a detailed picture of the development of gynaecological practice . |
| 17 | Her significance as Prime Minister is that she has set an example ; by pushing to the outer limits of her authority , making decisions with small groups of ministers and advisers , and closely involving herself in Whitehall promotions and the policies of departments , ‘ the repertoire of Prime Ministerial tasks has been extended ’ . |
| 18 | She could n't quite remember when it was that she 'd realized Georg took it for granted they 'd get married as soon as she was old enough . |
| 19 | She put my book down , said for about the fourth time how sorry she was that she 'd missed my reading , but she 'd simply felt too shaky . |
| 20 | ‘ The last thing I heard was that she 'd gone to America and married some newspaper magnate twice her age . |
| 21 | Her first thought in the morning was that she 'd failed to pay her share of the meal last night . |
| 22 | She was sitting on the bed with her album — that sparsely-peopled record of whatever it was that she 'd left behind and she was n't leafing through it but hugging it close , as if it was a physical source of comfort to her when times were at their lowest . |
| 23 | What he was sure of was that she 'd disappeared , and that was inconvenient to him . |
| 24 | And if Mrs Williams — and how very grateful Morse was that she 'd agreed to his earlier telephone request to be present ! — if Mrs Williams could possibly think of some diversion … some talk , some walk . |
| 25 | Let Lucy articulate , lay herself on whatever uncomfortable line it was that she had elected to draw . |
| 26 | Utterly different from that silly , crushy feeling she had had for Tom before , when all that had happened was that she had felt miserably self-conscious and tongue-tied in his presence . |
| 27 | This place had bred romance after romance , and it was as if it was that she had felt tingling in the air all night , like a presence … |
| 28 | The fact was that she had lost the six square inches of canvas allocated for the kettleholder when it was first given out to the class . |
| 29 | But the irony was that she had lost Luke already . |
| 30 | The fact was that she had achieved something . |