Example sentences of "'s [adv] [adj] that [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Barrett , who succeeded his lifelong friend as the BBC 's senior tennis commentator , said : ‘ It 's so sad that he did n't have time to enjoy his retirement . |
| 2 | ‘ Which is why it 's so super that he agreed to this interview , ’ she quickly covered her slip . |
| 3 | It 's so good that I came to know Jesus as Lord before this silly disease got so bad . |
| 4 | Judging by the number of dead Germans in front of the Commando positions around the village , it 's not surprising that they had stopped their frontal attacks . |
| 5 | " Then it 's not surprising that you felt unwell . " |
| 6 | It 's not true that I saw no one while I was writing my book reviews in the printer 's office . |
| 7 | Oh it 's not fair that he did some |
| 8 | Erm and you 'd thi I mean , it 's also true that she did n't know many . |
| 9 | ‘ The less you respond to him the more he tries to get to you — I know I can be a bit intense so it 's really good that he taught me to have fun at work and loosen up . ’ |
| 10 | In fact as far as the law is concerned it 's really irrelevant that you bought the goods in a sale . |
| 11 | ‘ Now , it 's perfectly possible that he did discover Nicola was having an affair a couple of weeks ago but only threw out the photos last night . |
| 12 | However , as the epitome of laddish nonchalance , the Inspirals seem unconcerned : Tom says he 's simply grateful that they had an experience — however fleeting — of life as arena-rockers , while bassist Bungle is sure that the pared-down stuff on ‘ Revenge Of The Goldfish ’ is far better suited to compact places like Rock City than cavernous concert halls . |
| 13 | It 's quite probable that they did most of their courting in the cinema . |
| 14 | He broke off , staring for a moment at the glinting gold balls , then raising his eyes to meet Harriet 's directly , ‘ if you look at the past , it 's quite feasible that she knew Greg . |
| 15 | Since very small , light animals can fall a long way without being hurt , it 's quite likely that it survived in the forest world under the tree and had the second most interesting experience any tree frog has ever had . |
| 16 | Erm , it 's certainly true that we reduced the total size of a particular team or unit dealing with international affairs , but only on the grounds that we actually felt that it was very important that all the teams should be working on international and European dimensions of their work , rather than seeing it as compartmentalised in one area . |
| 17 | But it 's very strange that I started to masturbate , night and morning , after that . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's very unlikely that it survived the Civil War in 1919 , and even less likely that it was looted during the war and brought out of Russia in one piece . |