Example sentences of "just [that] [pers pn] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's just that we 're not a noise band , ’ adds Mike , ‘ we do n't jump around the place but we 're totally comfortable with going out on a stage . ’ |
| 2 | The first problem here is that the brevity of Scaevola 's response ( even by his standards three words is modest ) leaves it unclear whether he means that the debtors are not freed from any liability , or whether it is just that they are not freed from liabilities contracted after the first will was made . |
| 3 | It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out . |
| 4 | Just that she 's not as daft as she looks . ’ |
| 5 | He had stopped stealing , or , rather , Emmie thought he had : sometimes she wondered if it was just that she was n't keeping a proper watch on him . |
| 6 | In a way she was imposing , and as statuesque as the pictures in front of her ; it was just that she was not , and never could be , her father 's type . |
| 7 | It was just that she was not a parent but their grandmother , whose character was fixed and unalterable . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just that he is n't married , you know . |
| 9 | It 's just that you were n't saying a lot . ’ |
| 10 | i wonder … what was I trying to prove ? just that I was not a sheep , waiting to be slaughtered , at their command . |
| 11 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 12 | rush out , it 's just that I 'm not very hungry . |
| 13 | Just that it 's not big enough to have a good public library . ’ |
| 14 | It 's not that I 'm denying the validity of acting , it 's just that it 's not as important to me . |
| 15 | It 's just that it 's not quite a correlation yet . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's just that it is n't where it should be . ’ |