Example sentences of "it [is] that [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking .
2 It 's that I think you 're gay !
3 It 's not the buying them that 's cunning , it 's just that I ca n't help being grateful ( I did n't actually say I was grateful , but I was n't sharp ) , it 's that he presents them so humbly , with such an air of please-don't-thank-me and I-deserve-it-all .
4 It is so very much what it is that it becomes something else .
5 So I would dearly like to know why it is that you find yourself so enthusiastic … ’
6 when you 're clear about what it is that you want you can be assertive
7 You 're not sure of of where it is that you feel you might .
8 But what it is that I measure I do not know .
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