Example sentences of "just that [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps it 's just that we do n't have enough of those long , thin granite cracks .
2 ‘ It 's just that we are having a party — after the competition , ’ she added hastily .
3 A sign of our having grown up is not just that we would n't listen to a Top Twenty single even if by any chance we could , but that we organize life so that we will never have to listen , by chance , to a Top Twenty single .
4 It 's not just that we 're going to write articles about EastEnders , but what we 're interested in is EastEnders , The Bill , Brookside , because a lot of people actually watch these programmes , and there is clearly a way in which programmes do seem to be referencing each other and dealing with similar topics .
5 It 's just that we do n't do it grammatically .
6 It 's just that we 're going to make it into a theatre . ’
7 It is just that we Russians are living in unbearably horrible conditions .
8 It was just that we were all so fond of her .
9 She burst into tears and said she had not meant to criticize me ; it was just that we did n't love her , nobody did , and she had only her ‘ things ’ to care for now .
10 It 's just that we feel the human body can take so much and the English season is a long and punishing one as it it .
11 It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said .
12 It 's just that we 've received soooooo many queries asking ‘ when ’ , ‘ who ’ and ‘ … how much ’ that we 've decided to give you the full story here ( maybe NOW you 'll stop inundating us with begging letters ! )
13 It is even just that we should assign a greater degree of responsibility to children , for madmen , by virtue of their lack of free will , are completely without responsibility , while children , insofar as they possess reason in a partially developed form , can be held responsible ( i.e. can be required to take responsibility ) to a corresponding degree .
14 ‘ With ‘ Spirit Of Eden ’ it was just that we had the freedom to move into this constructive freeform style of playing , which up till then we just could n't afford to do , ’ continues Mark .
15 ‘ 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 . ’
16 I had a friend — well , I still do , it 's just that we 're temporarily out of touch — called Alison .
17 But after the first few meetings … well , the people there are nice enough … it 's just that we never seem to hear from them between our quarterly meetings " .
18 It is not just that we clearly do understand something ; rather we know in advance that it is only by understanding the sceptic 's argument as we are clearly expected to , that we could be led to believe that we understand nothing .
19 It is just that we do treat them as propositions which need no justification but which can justify others .
20 ‘ It 's just that we have to see the hearth if we 're to know you 're in an old farmhouse .
21 Just that we think we 've traced him .
22 But , ‘ It is just that we are in sympathy , ’ he said .
23 It 's just that we thought the programme might benefit from a new face .
24 ‘ It 's just that we 've learnt to pay more attention to what we 're doing and use our budget wisely . ’
25 Not just that we found him so many years ago .
26 Not as a friend , I should add ; it 's just that we both collect seventeenth-century English coins .
27 ‘ It is just that we are wary of strangers in the city these days , with so many of the surrounding folk seeking safety behind the walls , and the … the Sellswords flocking to Sergius 's banner whether the Duke condones it or no .
28 ‘ It was just that we were strangers and awkward with each other , whereas Suzie was malleable .
29 It 's just that we have n't got any resistance to the kind of germs they 're used to .
30 It 's just that we have a little surprise for you and we did n't want Mr Woodentop spoiling it . ’
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