Example sentences of "it [be] simply that [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 2 | It is simply that it left us stranded . |
| 3 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 4 | Youthful confidence , I suppose , or perhaps it was simply that I felt I had no alternative , there was nothing else I could do . ’ |
| 5 | It was simply that he had begun to fear we had arranged this with Flora : as if , in his mind , he could hear her saying , oh yes , what a splendid idea , I shall be bored with young Adam by Fez … |
| 6 | Perhaps it was simply that he had not spoken very well , being new to it , and they felt that he was not up to their fine ways ? |
| 7 | But she knew it was n't an increase in affection — it was simply that he represented safety . |