Example sentences of "be [adv] that [pers pn] [vb past] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's just that she did n't have any life . ’ |
| 3 | It 's just that she did n't succeed . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | It 's not that we did n't get on together , it 's just we had nothing in common . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I was just going to say that I 'm sure he it 's not that he did n't take it seriously . |
| 9 | It 's not that you did n't want the ball . |
| 10 | I think they are still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway Ken |
| 11 | I think still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway er Ken |
| 12 | She felt she had Roirbak and Malamute in a corner : it was just that they had n't yet looked over their shoulders to see the walls closing in behind them . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was just that she did n't lie , to herself or others , about what they were . |
| 16 | the idea was there and the structure and everything was there it was just that you had n't actually explained what you had to do first , you know , to come back with the erm recommendations erm but you did , you did get the date confirmed to come back for the second appointment which was good . |
| 17 | It was not that they did n't know about the brain . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I mean we noticed that with the referrals and everything but it was purely that you had n't got down to that point to ask for them . |
| 20 | It was n't that we did n't get on , we did — surprisingly well , in fact . |
| 21 | It was n't that he did n't like women , you understand , he simply stayed faithful to one who was dead . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | It was n't that she had n't tried to form relationships , but somehow they had just never amounted to anything significant . |
| 24 | It was n't that she had n't been talking to Mandy , it was just that she had let her displeasure over that application be felt for an entire week now . |
| 25 | It was n't that she did n't love them — or want to — she just could n't . |