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

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1 How long ago would it be now that you had it all done ?
2 About what Margrida d'Arcos 's opinion of her might be now that she knew she had indulged in apparently frivolous love with her son .
3 ‘ It is since that I studied it , ’ said Greg .
4 I hope you do n't mind my telling you , it 's only that I thought you ought to know . ’
5 ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life !
6 It does not matter whether the party accepting the consideration has any apparent benefit thereby or not : it is enough that he accepts it , and that the party giving it does thereby undertake some burden , or lose something which in contemplation of law may be of value .
7 What is incontrovertible is only that I had it , not that it was caused by anything ‘ out there ’ beyond my experience .
8 It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company .
9 Now here is John Templeton , secretary of the STA : In framing the piece scale in printing , you have to frame the scale so that it covers everything , that is so that it covers what we call " extras " as well .
10 As their letter informed me , it 's enough that they know they 're being watched . ’
11 It is thus that he declares himself for Dunning 's sapphics , flashing out at ‘ any one who can not feel the beauty of their melody ’ ( my italics ) .
12 My veterinary colleagues tell me one of the main dangers with such large dogs is not that they injure themselves ( through overexercising before their skeletons can carry their weight ) but that their diets are over-supplemented , particularly with excessive calcium , which damages bone growth and hinders development .
13 But what makes Courtney especially dangerous is not that he abused his position as a doctor .
14 And it is not that she knows me to be bad or weak , or you either , but her conventional mind could not grasp that a thing so often impure , can be made absolutely and perfectly pure .
15 It is just that I believe they are probably more rare than is claimed .
16 Why Martha transferred the money before she put her apron on I do n't know — I suppose it 's just that everyone has their own little routines for doing things .
17 It 's just that they reminded me so much of the poor child my husband killed .
18 It 's just that somebody asked me to do some heads .
19 it 's just that she needs your name , the fact that you 're male , th an approximate age within five years .
20 It 's just that he makes it so damn difficult .
21 yeah well you know it 's okay well you know I well you know yeah it 's just that it worried me about this meeting here and three people out of the five people in the room did n't realise that it was a reservations and booking service .
22 Erm it 's just that it throws you a bit if you 've learnt them that way .
23 ‘ 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 .
24 No I , no I understand what you 're saying , it 's just that I thought you said three questions of each .
25 ‘ It 's just that I thought there might be something wrong … ’
26 It 's just that I wish I 'd got my wretched memory back some other way . ’
27 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
28 It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride .
29 ‘ It 's just that I like it here with you .
30 it 's just that I like it you know .
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