Example sentences of "be [adv] that [pers pn] do n't " in BNC.

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31 ‘ It 's just that I do n't think Hugo or Georgina would do the job as well as you do .
32 ‘ It 's just that I do n't want Officer Banana-Split Hassan to start harassing Fernand unnecessarily . ’
33 No , I could get a baby-sitter , it 's just that I do n't want to go out .
34 It 's just that I do n't think my English is so good any more .
35 ‘ It 's just that I do n't go in for casual encounters . ’
36 I mean , I know how to do it , it 's just that I do n't know what to do . ’
37 ‘ It 's just that I do n't think in terms of system as much as you do . ’
38 It 's just that I do n't want Jennifer , especially , to be hurt any more ; she really has had enough . ’
39 It 's just that I do n't want erm
40 But I , but it 's not that they 're mild , it 's just that I do n't like the flavour , the taste of them is just dreadful they just taste awful .
41 like a bit not pointless , well it , it 's just that I do n't really , I 'm not getting anything from it at the moment so
42 It 's just that I do n't trust him to only take one that 's all !
43 No mine are n't too bad really it 's just that I do n't like being having said that I had one .
44 I 'm not saying that it is necessarily trivialising to talk to interviewees about their clothes , it 's just that you do n't find the male presenters on Rock Steady talking to Phil Collins about his suits !
45 " It 's just that you do n't look much more than seventeen yourself . "
46 It 's just that you do n't know how we do it here , Captain Owen .
47 Zednik says : ‘ Petr is still extrovert on court but the difference is now that he does n't lose his concentration on the next point as much as he used to . ’
48 One is simply that you do n't need to have made a record or done anything very much except earned a local reputation as a watchable band playing original material .
49 She burst into tears and said she had not meant to criticize me ; it was just that we did n't love her , nobody did , and she had only her ‘ things ’ to care for now .
50 So far , Marie had lasted longer than either of them : it was n't that she was better at her job than they were , it was just that she did n't expect so much of people .
51 It was just that she did n't lie , to herself or others , about what they were .
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