Example sentences of "[is] [adv] that [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At each stage the vested interests — of protected tenants , of council tenants , and of local and national politicians — in the system , grew stronger and more complex , so that the wonder is not that it lived so long but that two men were found at last , in Duncan Sandys and Henry Brooke , of sufficient courage and determination to lay the axe to the roots and start hewing a way back to sanity . |
| 2 | I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other . |
| 3 | It 's just that we went down there . |
| 4 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's just that she did n't have any life . ’ |
| 6 | It 's just that she did n't succeed . |
| 7 | It 's just that I got so involved with what was going on that I completely forgot ! |
| 8 | I can if you want , it 's just that I came up with a few things that did n't make sense , they were fairly contradictory things . |
| 9 | The lyrics , 2 , are unmistakably Prince , all 2s and 4s and Us , with a sentiment similar to Janet Jackson 's AIDS generation love song ‘ Let's Wait Awhile ’ — ‘ it 's just that I did n't think our first date should be in bed ’ . |
| 10 | The lyrics , 2 , are unmistakably Prince , all 2s and 4s and Us , with a sentiment similar to Janet Jackson 's AIDS generation love song ‘ Let's Wait Awhile ’ — ‘ it 's just that I did n't think our first date should be in bed ’ . |
| 11 | It 's not that we did n't get on together , it 's just we had nothing in common . |
| 12 | It 's not that he did n't say it , but he was somewhere else at the time , and he just heard the bit of it , he heard the back end of it . |
| 13 | I was just going to say that I 'm sure he it 's not that he did n't take it seriously . |
| 14 | It 's not that you did n't want the ball . |
| 15 | I think they are still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway Ken |
| 16 | I think still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway er Ken |