Example sentences of "be just that [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | I had a friend — well , I still do , it 's just that we 're temporarily out of touch — called Alison . |
| 5 | It 's not like she 's really kind of dominated your life it 's just that she 's so not stupid , it just , you know , it 's incredible . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's just that he is n't married , you know . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just that it is n't where it should be . ’ |
| 8 | It 's not that I 'm denying the validity of acting , it 's just that it 's not as important to me . |
| 9 | It 's just that it 's not quite a correlation yet . |
| 10 | It 's just that it 's so dark . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | rush out , it 's just that I 'm not very hungry . |
| 14 | It 's just that I 'm all he has . |
| 15 | It 's just that I 'm too involved in what 's happening to play games — at least , to play games with you . |
| 16 | it 's just that I 'm never gon na get to up to . |
| 17 | Yeah , I 've got nice T-shirts , it 's just that I 'm really cold . |
| 18 | It — it 's just that I 'm so nervous . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's just that I 'm so lonely , sir ! ’ said the child . |
| 20 | Erm no not really I , I feel alright , it 's just that I 'm so nasty all the while and |
| 21 | You must think me very silly but it 's just that I 'm so excited ! |
| 22 | ‘ It 's just that you 're so young , ’ Aunt Lilian said gently , over the immeasurable gulf that stretched between her sixty years and mine . |
| 23 | 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 — ’ |
| 24 | It 's just that you were n't saying a lot . ’ |
| 25 | It 's just that you were so keen . |
| 26 | In a way she was imposing , and as statuesque as the pictures in front of her ; it was just that she was not , and never could be , her father 's type . |
| 27 | It was just that she was not a parent but their grandmother , whose character was fixed and unalterable . |
| 28 | He had stopped stealing , or , rather , Emmie thought he had : sometimes she wondered if it was just that she was n't keeping a proper watch on him . |
| 29 | It was just that it was intriguingly difficult to tell if he was issuing blunt ultimatums to a financial contact , or responding to some emotional problem at the other end of the line … |