Example sentences of "be that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | But first I want to say how sorry I am that I had to send Dawn to you instead of coming myself as I promised . |
| 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 | According to her foster brother , another clue had been that she had so blatantly considered Vitor to be ‘ a real cool dude ’ , but she saw no reason to reveal that . |
| 5 | One of these had been that he had suggested going to the Isle of Wight on holiday with the same friends , every year , self-catering . |
| 6 | The attraction of Lucas Simmonds had been that he had appeared to be confidently , unusually , happily " normal " , good friend , good sport , reliable leader , bright chap , blazer , flannels and smiling face . |
| 7 | And they were grown apiece while he was away and they were better than ever and the deal was been that he had was gon na give them the best two cattle you see and this was this was the best two animals he had . |
| 8 | The problem had been that there had been a mix-up over my return tickets from Oslo and I could n't get back . |
| 9 | One of the difficulties that results from these cuts and that tax has been that there had been so numerous that it ca n't keep count of how many times they 'd changed the goal posts , how many times they imposed cuts , but you know a lot of the government 's ideas are that it 's money , money , money , but it 's not all financial , it 's been physical and mental . |
| 10 | Their crime seemed to be that they had sung the song ‘ Hernando 's Hideaway ’ too loudly . |
| 11 | In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but … |
| 12 | It could equally be that they had spotted my men following them and were attempting to shake them off . ’ |
| 13 | But may be that we had a description , want to get the description out to as many people as possible , to see if anybody recognizes the person described , er then we 'd come to you there , give you the description of the |
| 14 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’ |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | She was as sure as she could be that she had n't been followed , but she knew she would n't breathe freely again until she was airborne . |
| 21 | Could it be that he had invented the entire tableau , he wondered ? |
| 22 | But Meg , it might be that he had stole her cubs , was not for his surrender . |
| 23 | That is , it might be that he had fully internalized the requisite mental structure , but for some reason lacked the capacity to use it . |
| 24 | It may be that he had quarrelled bitterly with his kin and could see no remedy for his plight . |
| 25 | It was definitely Luke 's handwriting , and it could n't even be that he had sent the flowers to the wrong address . |
| 26 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 27 | An alternative to thinking that Harald had been in England since 1016 , and returned to Denmark with part of a disbanded fleet in 1018 , might be that he had in the interval been expelled from it , and sailed with the fleet in 1018 in an attempt to regain control . |
| 28 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
| 29 | Could it be that someone had an interest in keeping it alive ? |
| 30 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |