Example sentences of "that [pron] [be] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why else did you tell me about Cherith — except to make it clear that nothing was on offer here except a little temporary pleasure ? |
| 2 | At the start of the hearing he told the jury that no-one was on trial and it was not their job to blame anyone . |
| 3 | A report on the Royal Navy by the Commons defence committee gave a dire warning of the impact of the cuts already under way , let alone those that my be in prospect . |
| 4 | Or there are weaker forms of behaviourism which attempt to make allowances for concealed mental states ; for instance , one might hold that my being in pain in my knee is for me to be disposed to behave in a certain way , whether I actually do so or not . |
| 5 | My one real consolation in the face of almost any betrayal or grief is that I am without doubt an extremely talented writer , come danger or candle stump . |
| 6 | It was a fight but now that I am at college you can believe I am the happiest girl around here . |
| 7 | ‘ It is not that I am in favour of it , it is what is happening . |
| 8 | But I now realise that I , too , have been a whore , now that I am in love . |
| 9 | The line can be read : It is true that I am in love and wish to reveal this love in poetry . |
| 10 | My belief that I am in pain may be justified , perhaps , but I can hardly be said to base it on reasons , conclusive or otherwise . |
| 11 | To say " I am in pain " is not to enunciate the knowledge of the proposition that I am in pain . |
| 12 | With a new class I want the pupils to feel that I am in control and that I know what I 'm doing . |
| 13 | He says that I am in collaboration with them in a swindle against Iran . |
| 14 | Is she really like like isolated now that I 'm at boarding school really |
| 15 | Because I 'll have you know that I 'm on strike . |
| 16 | I must admit at this juncture that I 'm on Graham Taylor 's side on this one . |
| 17 | He knows , as you do , that I 'm in love with Andrew . |
| 18 | She does n't care who I marry , only that I 'm in love . |
| 19 | And that I 'm in love with him or something ! |
| 20 | Then I am standing in Aisha 's house with its Moroccan furniture and Moroccan smell , hardly able to believe that I 'm in London , having braved the customs official who turned my passport over and over in his hands . |
| 21 | Would you mind telling her that I 'm in Seabourne and I think I 'm going to be late for our appointment at two o'clock ? |
| 22 | I think that I 'm in control , that controlling what I eat will control what I weigh , will control who I turn into . |
| 23 | I know what I 'm doing , I know it 's self-destructive and dangerous , but because I 'm not quite as terrifyingly thin as she was , I 'm able to convince myself that I 'm in control , and continue with my exercising mania . |
| 24 | I may be the first challenger for Lennox , so it 's not surprising that I 'm behind Bowe . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I would think that whoever took those things is very worried indeed now to find that I was with Harry and that he is alive . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew there were only seconds to go and could feel my strength failing with each moment , and a drifting kind of sleep coming on me which whispered , ‘ Give up , Minch , give up … ’ and it was only the knowledge that I was of Callanish , the greatest of the sites , that kept me fighting those few more seconds . |
| 27 | I could think that I was at school again , lying in the long grass waiting to bat , or walking over Berkshire downs or along a Devon valley . |
| 28 | ‘ I rather think ’ Mr Nightingale said ‘ that I was at school with your uncle C. A. Harbinger . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , I was always thankful that I was at Magdalen , perhaps the most beautiful of Oxford colleges . |
| 30 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |