Example sentences of "be simply [that] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is simply that they enjoyed it . |
| 2 | So where , as in Morgan , defendants claim that they believed the woman was consenting , because her husband ( who was present ) had told them that she enjoyed a struggle , their case is simply that they lacked the fault element required for the crime . |
| 3 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 4 | It is simply that it left us stranded . |
| 5 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 6 | Youthful confidence , I suppose , or perhaps it was simply that I felt I had no alternative , there was nothing else I could do . ’ |
| 7 | But she knew it was n't an increase in affection — it was simply that he represented safety . |
| 8 | It was simply that he had begun to fear we had arranged this with Flora : as if , in his mind , he could hear her saying , oh yes , what a splendid idea , I shall be bored with young Adam by Fez … |
| 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 ? |