Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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31 Perhaps it was just that he had already made other plans .
32 Perhaps it was only that the hot climb had tired her but it seemed more than that .
33 Perhaps it was only because of the Substitute 's presence that he added , ‘ At eleven o'clock , ’ and then turned away quickly because the technician was about to protest .
34 Perhaps it was only because of the narrow range of human activities which fell within the orbit of the ECSC that the member states had been willing to cede potentially substantial powers to the body which was the fundamental supranational element of the new organisation .
35 Perhaps it was there that Roger was born or brought up .
36 Perhaps it was more that she just wanted to be somewhere else .
37 Perhaps it was now that he appointed Ebroin , himself an able military leader , to be his archchaplain .
38 Obviously it 's right that we should try and persuade the German government to delay matters as much as possible .
39 Only it 's only cos it has n't got the extra
40 So it is only if he admits the strength of the argument from error that he can think he is getting anywhere by refuting PC k .
41 So it was when my life began so it is now that I am a man .
42 So it 's best if they go off January and then they 've got time to send them back have n't they .
43 Well really that 's l by and large what groups is all about so it 's clearly that they do and there 's some cases here of sort of cyclists cycling harder and faster when they 've got they 're training with other cyclists or erm when they 're training against the clock .
44 I think the way we behave tells the other residents how we react when someone dies ; and so it 's almost like they 're watching us to see if we behave in a way they would want us to . ’
45 So it 's basically if they finish on the level points goal difference shall determine the final positions followed by the highest number of goals scored and then by the highest number of goals scored away from home .
46 No I do n't , but So it 's more or less a threesome if anything at all .
47 So it was just as Gabriel said , thought Coffin .
48 So it was advisedly that the terms of reference excluded the public sector .
49 She had never known any other man but Dan , but after tonight she was more than aware of what she had been missing all these years .
50 Admittedly there was more than a hint of urban overcrowding two doors away from William at no. 21 , where a glove cutter , a walnut-veneer repairer and a book finisher were living with their families — but that was exceptional .
51 Admittedly this repertory is not in exactly the same category as the hit song material ; nevertheless it is stylistically and functionally continuous with it .
52 They just , they just it 's just as you say it 's got a think a with the top bit will got straight up
53 No it was just it was just that he , he , he wound you , he wound up , he said oh someone 's looking for you cos he wanted to get rid of him
54 No it was just it was just so you , I mean let's face it , er my father used to mend our shoes , repair our shoes , in fact I 've still got his hobbing iron now .
55 Yeah , it 's it 's it 's the build up to it as well , there 's a lot of excitement , I mean , most people it takes about six months to build up to the big day , and then finally it 's there and it all happens and , I think that makes it a lot , exciting for a lot of women .
56 She followed Martin and Clelia into the house , and drank , eventually , a large gin and tonic , and then she went home on the bus , and when she got home she was suddenly and violently sick .
57 be seen to at the eye hospital , Sir John said in January I 'll send you to Altrincham because they have a specialist , go to the , like they have one go to the Cottage , each , a different like a skin one day , summat , so like you 're there and you 're not traipsing for the eye hospital
58 My old inspector who 's now been and gone , came from Newark , and he said that there was far more trouble within the public houses in Newark , er than ever there was here and he came here , imagining the problem to be a lot worse .
59 Nationally there are more than 5,000 fatalities and 300,000 injured .
60 Moreover it was widely and probably correctly felt that good diplomats were formed by experience rather than by study , by mixing in good society and watching negotiations in progress rather than by poring over documents in archives .
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