Example sentences of "[be] [adv] that [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long ago would it be now that you had it all done ? |
| 2 | About what Margrida d'Arcos 's opinion of her might be now that she knew she had indulged in apparently frivolous love with her son . |
| 3 | ‘ It is since that I studied it , ’ said Greg . |
| 4 | I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 6 | It does not matter whether the party accepting the consideration has any apparent benefit thereby or not : it is enough that he accepts it , and that the party giving it does thereby undertake some burden , or lose something which in contemplation of law may be of value . |
| 7 | What is incontrovertible is only that I had it , not that it was caused by anything ‘ out there ’ beyond my experience . |
| 8 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 9 | As their letter informed me , it 's enough that they know they 're being watched . ’ |
| 10 | And it is not that she knows me to be bad or weak , or you either , but her conventional mind could not grasp that a thing so often impure , can be made absolutely and perfectly pure . |
| 11 | It is just that I believe they are probably more rare than is claimed . |
| 12 | It 's just that they reminded me so much of the poor child my husband killed . |
| 13 | It 's just that somebody asked me to do some heads . |
| 14 | It 's just that he makes it so damn difficult . |
| 15 | yeah well you know it 's okay well you know I well you know yeah it 's just that it worried me about this meeting here and three people out of the five people in the room did n't realise that it was a reservations and booking service . |
| 16 | Erm it 's just that it throws you a bit if you 've learnt them that way . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's just that I thought you should n't be able to turn people out of places they 've lived in for years , it does n't make sense . |
| 18 | No I , no I understand what you 're saying , it 's just that I thought you said three questions of each . |
| 19 | It 's just that I wish I 'd got my wretched memory back some other way . ’ |
| 20 | It 's just that I 've I mean I want a curtain there as well because otherwise it all looks a bit heavy but I do n't think I could put a blind down there because of the way |
| 21 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's just that I like it here with you . |
| 23 | it 's just that I like it you know . |
| 24 | Erm , I , I , I did n't say the question lightly it 's just that I think it needs watching , and I wondered how it was , because I 've heard so often in the past , that people have so many lines of enquiries , but the money goes , and you know , it 's all marvellous , and I 'm not suggesting |
| 25 | It 's not like that it 's just that I think it 'll help you to write it down and to think about it and to talk , talk to Kelly about it . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's just that you said I should speak to you — give you warning — if ever I was thinking of leaving . |
| 27 | It 's just that you see mine as being somewhat different from most other people 's . ’ |
| 28 | It 's not that they need them , it 's because they know everyone else has got them . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not that we think it 's wrong to have girl-friends , we just choose not to at the moment . |
| 30 | so I er he said er no he said , it 's not that he said I do n't like people to tell me you 've got to do overtime today , he said , I like to be asked ! |