Example sentences of "it [is] simply that [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ It 's simply that we all thought it so unnecessary , Mr Barnett . |
| 2 | It 's simply that he wants to create a better atmosphere , and show that after all he 's a reasonable man , and we should n't be too hard on him in these days . |
| 3 | " Hazel — dear old Hazel — it 's simply that I know there 's something unnatural and evil twisted all round this place . |
| 4 | It 's simply that I 'm not prepared to see him branded a fraud and a charlatan merely in order to prolong your receipt of them . |
| 5 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's simply that you and I share a father . ’ |
| 7 | It 's simply that it is not by any means obvious how PR is supposed to deliver all these goodies . |
| 8 | It is not repentance ; it is simply that they are scared for their skins and wish to save parliamentary seats in the general election . |
| 9 | ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’ |
| 10 | Yet , much that they wrote then resonates as much today : it is simply that we do not comprehend it . |
| 11 | Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so . |
| 12 | It is simply that he is a married man , around 30 , with wife and children , a car , a mortgage ( ? ) etc. , etc . |
| 13 | It is simply that I was brought up in the East of Scotland and have lived in places whither the Orangemen walketh not , neither in triumph nor provocation . |
| 14 | ‘ It is simply that I have different ideas than the gentlemen who give places to men … . ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It is simply that I expected better service , ’ he snapped . |
| 16 | It is simply that it left us stranded . |
| 17 | If this book has a significant weakness , it is simply that it takes three chapters to get into its stride . |