Example sentences of "was [adv] that [pers pn] [vb past] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt she had Roirbak and Malamute in a corner : it was just that they had n't yet looked over their shoulders to see the walls closing in behind them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was just that she did n't lie , to herself or others , about what they were . |
| 5 | the idea was there and the structure and everything was there it was just that you had n't actually explained what you had to do first , you know , to come back with the erm recommendations erm but you did , you did get the date confirmed to come back for the second appointment which was good . |
| 6 | He said that one of their reasons for lying was probably that they did not want to be publicly associated with the Carpenter Club . |
| 7 | This was notwithstanding that he had not found the relationship between the bank and the husband to be one of principal and agent . |
| 8 | I mean we noticed that with the referrals and everything but it was purely that you had n't got down to that point to ask for them . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was simply that he had not spoken very well , being new to it , and they felt that he was not up to their fine ways ? |
| 10 | What guarantee was there that they had not been stolen ? |
| 11 | It was there that he found not only his life 's vocation , but his future wife who was also teaching at the school . |