Example sentences of "be [adv] that [pers pn] [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's been said that I am a much improved player this season ’ , Hamilton says , ‘ but I believe that the difference is merely that I am that much more confident . |
| 2 | One of the reasons for following a routine like this is so that you are less likely to make a mistake . |
| 3 | The first problem here is that the brevity of Scaevola 's response ( even by his standards three words is modest ) leaves it unclear whether he means that the debtors are not freed from any liability , or whether it is just that they are not freed from liabilities contracted after the first will was made . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's just that we 're not a noise band , ’ adds Mike , ‘ we do n't jump around the place but we 're totally comfortable with going out on a stage . ’ |
| 5 | I had a friend — well , I still do , it 's just that we 're temporarily out of touch — called Alison . |
| 6 | It 's just that I am so evil and perverted and encrusted with slime that it 's rather difficult for me to remember the fact . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 8 | rush out , it 's just that I 'm not very hungry . |
| 9 | It 's just that I 'm all he has . |
| 10 | It 's just that I 'm too involved in what 's happening to play games — at least , to play games with you . |
| 11 | it 's just that I 'm never gon na get to up to . |
| 12 | Yeah , I 've got nice T-shirts , it 's just that I 'm really cold . |
| 13 | It — it 's just that I 'm so nervous . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just that I 'm so lonely , sir ! ’ said the child . |
| 15 | Erm no not really I , I feel alright , it 's just that I 'm so nasty all the while and |
| 16 | You must think me very silly but it 's just that I 'm so excited ! |
| 17 | ‘ It 's just that you 're so young , ’ Aunt Lilian said gently , over the immeasurable gulf that stretched between her sixty years and mine . |
| 18 | I mean , if it 's just that you 're too close to it and you do n't want me to look at it , there are people I know who 're good at that sort of thing ; they can see the wood from the trees ; they could — ’ |
| 19 | Can I just ask you if your position on the Daily Mirror is still that you 're not at all interested in it , or is there a prospect that you may change your mind when you 've seen the figures from the Mirror ? |
| 20 | It 's simply that I 'm not prepared to see him branded a fraud and a charlatan merely in order to prolong your receipt of them . |
| 21 | The classical answer is simply that they are there ; they are taken as given . |
| 22 | The reason the process of telling the truth seems less complicated than I 've said is simply that we are n't conscious of most of the mental processes I 've been describing . |
| 23 | What evidence is there that you are not living up to the appropriate standards ? |