Example sentences of "[is] [adv] that i [verb] [pers pn] " 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 wish I 'd got my wretched memory back some other way . ’ |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's just that I like it here with you . |
| 13 | it 's just that I like it you know . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's now that I need it . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |