Example sentences of "[is] [adv] that [pers pn] [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old man explained his views on the matter afterwards to a Christian friend , ‘ For an ordinary man in normal circumstances it is enough that he believe faithfully in God . |
| 2 | ‘ It is only that I have never been proposed to so abruptly , so boldly before . ’ |
| 3 | When you have finished the novel it is not that you have really finished it , but that you have decided to do no more work on it . |
| 4 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 5 | It is just that they have both been at it too often recently . |
| 6 | Not that I had a bad opinion of his character , ( I do n't know him ) , it is just that I feel most other clubs would not have even responded to you . |
| 7 | It 's just that they 've probably got so tired of putting petrol in each year |
| 8 | It 's just that we do rather more sophisticated versions sometimes of very similar things which are done at school , but they might be done more precisely , simply in a rather more sophisticated way . |
| 9 | It 's just that I get so lonely sometimes . |
| 10 | It 's just that I 've already mentioned to someone else , and if they ca n't go , then I 'll offer it to you . |
| 11 | It 's just that I 've just got too many at , it can only be done a week before |
| 12 | It 's just that I 've never met a policeman before . ’ |
| 13 | It 's just that I 've never seriously thought about it before . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just that I 've never been deported before . ’ |
| 15 | It 's just that I 've never given the matter much thought . |
| 16 | It 's just that I 've never met anyone as nice as you talk . |
| 17 | It 's just that I 've really Chairman , page thirty- three , little one could somebody er the growth , a review of the authority contracts hire for officers . |
| 18 | It 's just that I feel so cheap . |
| 19 | It 's just that I have never seen him |
| 20 | " It 's just that you walk slowly . " |
| 21 | You 're perfectly capable of teaching ; it 's just that you 've now got this thing about it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's just that you look so awkward standing there . ’ |
| 23 | It 's just that you see so much of it , not just like staff like training managers and everything , they 're told to stick up and stick up for their training and at the end of the day it 's oh well , it 's the needs of the business and all that but aga the company this this |
| 24 | It 's not that I get reasonably excited it 'll be okay . |
| 25 | Meaning is not an issue that arises for the Russian Formalists , and it is here that they differ most fundamentally from the American New Critics with whom they otherwise have so many similarities . |
| 26 | There 's nowhere that you see anywhere advertising |