Example sentences of "[be] [adv] that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It is since that I studied it , ’ said Greg .
2 I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’
3 ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life !
4 What is incontrovertible is only that I had it , not that it was caused by anything ‘ out there ’ beyond my experience .
5 It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company .
6 It is just that I believe they are probably more rare than is claimed .
7 ‘ It 's just that I thought you should n't be able to turn people out of places they 've lived in for years , it does n't make sense .
8 No I , no I understand what you 're saying , it 's just that I thought you said three questions of each .
9 ‘ It 's just that I thought there might be something wrong … ’
10 It 's just that I wish I 'd got my wretched memory back some other way . ’
11 It 's just that I 've I mean I want a curtain there as well because otherwise it all looks a bit heavy but I do n't think I could put a blind down there because of the way
12 It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride .
13 ‘ It 's just that I like it here with you .
14 it 's just that I like it you know .
15 It 's not that I wo n't be prepared to face such conditions , it 's just that I realise what could happen .
16 Erm , I , I , I did n't say the question lightly it 's just that I think it needs watching , and I wondered how it was , because I 've heard so often in the past , that people have so many lines of enquiries , but the money goes , and you know , it 's all marvellous , and I 'm not suggesting
17 It 's not like that it 's just that I think it 'll help you to write it down and to think about it and to talk , talk to Kelly about it .
18 Well it 's , it 's not that I mean I 'm just trying to see
19 Well it 's not that I mean there 's a
20 It 's not that I begrudge you your father 's royalties .
21 Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good .
22 It 's not that I 've anything against audiences , it 's just that when they 're a blur they 're so friendly — just one big smiley mess .
23 " Yes , it is , Butterworth , Clibber , it 's not that I doubt you , but I want to see for myself .
24 ‘ Oh , it 's not that I think myself better , not a bit .
25 She 's not that I think she 'll know how upset she is .
26 It 's not that I have anything against them per se , of course .
27 It 's not that I need them
28 ‘ It 's now that I need it . ’
29 " Hazel — dear old Hazel — it 's simply that I know there 's something unnatural and evil twisted all round this place .
30 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 .
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