Example sentences of "was [adv] [that] [pers pn] have [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just that we had so little in common . |
| 2 | It was n't that she felt left out — ‘ in fairness , they had said to me that I could go out with them anytime , but it 's a really grotty place , and I also did n't want them to feel I was a hanger-on ’ — it was just that she had nowhere else to go . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was just that he had already made other plans . |
| 4 | It was not that he had never loved his only child . |
| 5 | It was here that it had all started , she thought . |
| 6 | It was n't that she had ever made a conscious decision to play the helpless female ; she just always looked as though she was in constant need of care and attention , and over the years she had found that it was far easier to allow people to think what they liked , because whenever she tried to be assertive , or explain that she was really quite competent , no one ever believed her . |