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 . |