Example sentences of "'s [adv] [that] [pers pn] [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 2 | I think we have to be a little bit careful about this because , of course , erm the feeling is not that once they 've been in the job for a little while that they are still amateurs , it 's merely that we do n't require them to know a great deal about what they 're going to do before they start . |
| 3 | that 's so that we do n't have to mess about with it , it , it |
| 4 | No , though these are my gloves , it 's so that I do n't get perspiration on the , on the dress , yes , or rings or anything , so |
| 5 | Well that 's debatable I think they 've got plenty of people up here to do it it 's just that they do n't want to do it . |
| 6 | It 's just that we have n't got any resistance to the kind of germs they 're used to . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just that we have n't found it yet . ’ |
| 8 | But I 'll have to be very careful with it I I do expect , I would expect , that there would be inquiries for that kind of investment here erm it 's just that we have n't any major ones in the last couple of years of that type because the overall framework here is opposed to it . |
| 9 | Perhaps it 's just that we do n't have enough of those long , thin granite cracks . |
| 10 | It 's just that we do n't do it grammatically . |
| 11 | It 's just that we do n't want anything to ruffle the Khedive 's hair just when the negotiations are approaching a delicate stage . ’ |
| 12 | They might have been done , it 's just that we do n't know . |
| 13 | I do n't Albert do n't mind going for her cigs , but it 's just that we do n't get up early in the morning , you know , and if me mum 's ringing at eight o'clock in the morning , 'cos she got no cigs . |
| 14 | Yeah , we can always get hold of them it 's just that we do n't carry them , we 're a small branch you see |
| 15 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 16 | It was n't her reaction that I was wary of , it 's just that she does n't even know how she made her children so how was she going to understand what I was trying to tell her ! |
| 17 | ‘ It 's just that she did n't have any life . ’ |
| 18 | It 's just that she did n't succeed . |
| 19 | It 's just that he has n't , to me , changed enough , he 's still stuck up with all these various things . |
| 20 | The lyrics , 2 , are unmistakably Prince , all 2s and 4s and Us , with a sentiment similar to Janet Jackson 's AIDS generation love song ‘ Let's Wait Awhile ’ — ‘ it 's just that I did n't think our first date should be in bed ’ . |
| 21 | The lyrics , 2 , are unmistakably Prince , all 2s and 4s and Us , with a sentiment similar to Janet Jackson 's AIDS generation love song ‘ Let's Wait Awhile ’ — ‘ it 's just that I did n't think our first date should be in bed ’ . |
| 22 | It 's just that I have n't had time to think about it and I only thought that with all those shepherds in the area there was bound to be some traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's just that I have n't time . |
| 24 | Er well it 's just I 'm ha it 's not that I 'm having more difficulty with one thing than another , it 's just that I have n't , I did n't get round to doing them . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't like wasting my energy worrying about things I can do nothing about , ’ Sally said matter-of-factly . |
| 26 | ‘ No , it 's just that I do n't like casual affairs . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't like leaving places — or people , ’ Ruth said . |
| 28 | ‘ Not a bit , it 's just that I do n't tell anything , you see , and the Community likes that , they feel I 'm part of them . |
| 29 | It 's just that I do n't have the same taste as she does and she always wants me to have what she wants . |
| 30 | It 's just that I do n't know if he loves me — or even cares . |