Example sentences of "be just that [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out . |
| 2 | It 's just that you were n't saying a lot . ’ |
| 3 | It 's just that you were so keen . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was just that she was not a parent but their grandmother , whose character was fixed and unalterable . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 … |