Example sentences of "[verb] [art] problem [be] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose the problem was that my interest in birds had made me a bit of a loner . |
| 2 | I suppose the problem was that I had never been told about it officially — that is , by an adult — and so I had somehow blocked off the information , not connecting it with myself , with my own body . |
| 3 | Some people do n't mind answering machines , I must say , I 'm beginning to get used to them now , I think the problem is that it sort of wrong-foots you , so you get an answering machine , and think ‘ Oh my God ’ , and you know that in about a few seconds time , when you hear that bleep , you 've got to give a concise message which will be intelligible to the person when they replay it , so instead of coming out with sort of babble , you 're forced into thinking what the essence of the message is that you want to leave . |
| 4 | But I think the problem is that you you only concentrate on little bits at a time . |
| 5 | I 'd , actually I think the problem is that you get the odd week er , and even the odd month , where things look better erm , but , but overall , then it slips again and er , overall erm , the end of February , there 's no sign that , that volume is increasing from the previous year . |