Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] that [pers pn] do [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So far , Marie had lasted longer than either of them : it was n't that she was better at her job than they were , it was just that she did n't expect so much of people . |
| 3 | It was just that she did n't lie , to herself or others , about what they were . |
| 4 | It was not that they did n't know about the brain . |
| 5 | It was not that I did not love her . |
| 6 | The answer she gave was not that she did n't know Mr Lawson 's stated reason for resigning , but that she found it incomprehensible . |
| 7 | He said that one of their reasons for lying was probably that they did not want to be publicly associated with the Carpenter Club . |
| 8 | As Institute president Ian Plaistowe said very wisely in his letter to the Financial Times , we should work towards recording similar events in similar ways ; my point was simply that we do not want to record different things in similar ways , and that is where judgment will come in : for example , some securitisations are valid , others not . |
| 9 | It was n't that we did n't get on , we did — surprisingly well , in fact . |
| 10 | It was n't that he did n't like women , you understand , he simply stayed faithful to one who was dead . |
| 11 | that 's another story with a an unusual ending cos I 'd have thought when you were saying that he was n't that he did n't give them the |
| 12 | Israel 's great sin was n't that it did not do good things — but that it did not obey the Law , the Torah . |
| 13 | It was n't that she did n't love them — or want to — she just could n't . |