Example sentences of "be [adv] that [pers pn] [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life ! |
| 2 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 3 | As their letter informed me , it 's enough that they know they 're being watched . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is just that I believe they are probably more rare than is claimed . |
| 6 | It 's just that I wish I 'd got my wretched memory back some other way . ’ |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's just that I like it here with you . |
| 10 | it 's just that I like it you know . |
| 11 | It 's not that I wo n't be prepared to face such conditions , it 's just that I realise what could happen . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just that you know your daughter is in the front line . |
| 15 | It 's just that you see mine as being somewhat different from most other people 's . ’ |
| 16 | It 's not that they need them , it 's because they know everyone else has got them . |
| 17 | It 's not that we have anything to hide . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not that we think it 's wrong to have girl-friends , we just choose not to at the moment . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not that you need them . |
| 20 | Well it 's , it 's not that I mean I 'm just trying to see |
| 21 | Well it 's not that I mean there 's a |
| 22 | It 's not that I begrudge you your father 's royalties . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | " Yes , it is , Butterworth , Clibber , it 's not that I doubt you , but I want to see for myself . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , it 's not that I think myself better , not a bit . |
| 26 | She 's not that I think she 'll know how upset she is . |
| 27 | It 's not that I have anything against them per se , of course . |
| 28 | It 's not that I need them |
| 29 | ‘ It 's now that I need it . ’ |
| 30 | Guide to Kulchur gives us Pound at his most personal , at his most deliberately vulnerable ; it is here that we find him wondering aloud , for instance , if the body of his work to that date could be mentioned in the same breath with Thomas Hardy 's . |