Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now there was an are n't somewhere that you had . |
| 2 | It was not exactly that he had pressed and she had invited . |
| 3 | It was not just that they had lost a friend through death , but the death that Jesus had suffered was long and cruel , and above all it was unjust . |
| 4 | It was not just that he had gone off with someone else but he had actually gone off with a woman and it seemed to me like a betrayal of my identity . |
| 5 | The strength of the DCAC was not simply that it had the backing of the existing leadership of anti-Unionist opinion in Derry , but also that it succeeded in attracting new people who had not previously been involved in any kind of political activity but who found unsuspected reservoirs of energy and initiative . |
| 6 | It was not merely that he had paid her shot . |
| 7 | It was not merely that he had the work done quickly but he had done it thinkingly . |
| 8 | And it was not only that he had not got what he had hoped for , nor was it the jealousy which made him feel unsure . |
| 9 | It was not enough that they had been questioned at length about a work in which they had secretly collaborated : they were now to be insulted by having their acknowledged work dismissed as of small account . |
| 10 | It was near here that he had found the little white orchid . |
| 11 | And she had never had much time for Angela Cartwright , who , when it came to Grunte , tended to run with the hare , though it was plain enough that she had been put out by Grunte 's placing Hyacinth on his right hand and had agreed with Carole afterwards that they would have little trouble finding the necessary fifty signatures . |
| 12 | It was n't just that she had grown older and softer or that they were harder than he had been . |
| 13 | It was n't merely that he had lost stones in weight — dash it , the man 's sobriquet was a libel now — but that his whole demeanour was that of a soldier completely confused , completely disorientated . |
| 14 | It was n't often that he had a whole day out on the moor . |
| 15 | It was quite simply that she had wanted to be with him . |
| 16 | It was no longer that he had been a member of the murder gang , but that he had presided over a meeting of UDA officers in order to plan it . |
| 17 | No , because er I always put it down to the fact that most of our takings were in coin , it was very seldom that you had a pound note , you possibly had a ten pound note in those days but most of it was coinage and the cash when it was married up , was put into steel bound wooden boxes . |