Example sentences of "it be [adv] [conj] [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet how could it be otherwise when they did not know where she was ? |
| 2 | It 's not that we did n't get on together , it 's just we had nothing in common . |
| 3 | It 's not that he did n't say it , but he was somewhere else at the time , and he just heard the bit of it , he heard the back end of it . |
| 4 | I was just going to say that I 'm sure he it 's not that he did n't take it seriously . |
| 5 | I think they are still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway Ken |
| 6 | I think still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway er Ken |
| 7 | It 's not that you did n't want the ball . |
| 8 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's just that she did n't have any life . ’ |
| 10 | It 's just that she did n't succeed . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | Well okay , those of you who liked the Shakespeare better , for whatever reasons , even if it 's just because you did n't get to grips with Johnson , which of the plays , first of all , erm did you find most interesting ? |
| 14 | That one of Selby 's you know it was fine until they put an extension in just er a key station as soon as they did that this one started acting up , so he said it 's only since we did that , he said it happened the day after we put that in , I said okay , disconnected it , still did it , disconnected it at the , end here , still did it , erased it from the program so it did n't even know it existed , still did it |
| 15 | It 's only because you did n't tell your bloody brothers ! |
| 16 | It was principally because they did n't perform a greenbelt function . |
| 17 | So you won , Ragu , and in retrospect I think it was right that you did . |
| 18 | I lay on my back thinking deliberately how lovely it would be when it was over and I did n't have to worry any more . |
| 19 | It was n't that we did n't get on , we did — surprisingly well , in fact . |
| 20 | It was n't that she did n't love them — or want to — she just could n't . |
| 21 | It was n't that he did n't like women , you understand , he simply stayed faithful to one who was dead . |
| 22 | It was n't because we did n't have the talent . |
| 23 | It was n't because I did n't like what she was saying , some of it I did n't like what she was saying |
| 24 | It was not that they did n't know about the brain . |
| 25 | It was not that I did not love her . |
| 26 | She burst into tears and said she had not meant to criticize me ; it was just that we did n't love her , nobody did , and she had only her ‘ things ’ to care for now . |
| 27 | So far , Marie had lasted longer than either of them : it was n't that she was better at her job than they were , it was just that she did n't expect so much of people . |
| 28 | It was just that she did n't lie , to herself or others , about what they were . |
| 29 | Mind you it was partly because we did n't get a programme . |
| 30 | I I told you when it was yesterday but you did n't remember ! |