Example sentences of "it 's [adv] that [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not that we did n't get on together , it 's just we had nothing in common . |
| 2 | so I er he said er no he said , it 's not that he said I do n't like people to tell me you 've got to do overtime today , he said , I like to be asked ! |
| 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 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |
| 6 | I think they are still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway Ken |
| 7 | I think still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway er Ken |
| 8 | It 's not that you did n't want the ball . |
| 9 | I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other . |
| 10 | It 's just that they reminded me so much of the poor child my husband killed . |
| 11 | It 's just that we went down there . |
| 12 | Right , it 's just that we had this issue in support of other research a questionnaire and in support key divisions , sorry , key departments have lists of named individuals who can authorise questionnaires . |
| 13 | It 's just that we thought the programme might benefit from a new face . |
| 14 | It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said . |
| 15 | In reality it 's nowhere near as bad as the Scouse hype during the 80's , it 's just that we found that a bit easier to take . |
| 16 | Well no , it 's just that she said |
| 17 | It 's just that she had a headache and was a bit reticent about it , which is unlike her . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's just that she did n't have any life . ’ |
| 19 | It 's just that she did n't succeed . |
| 20 | Get some movement out there we had a young , a young lady who er she name and she 's up front in the cabinet you know every opportunity she had she was looking for round the room , but not sort of in the round the outside all the time and it 's just that she wanted to be with a group of people all the time . |
| 21 | That 's not to say he aspired to being something of a genius himself , it 's just that he felt a tremendous affinity with those people . |
| 22 | It 's just that he went one way and I went another . |
| 23 | It 's not her fault Petya wo n't speak to me ; it 's just that he turned against me when I divorced his mother . |
| 24 | I think it 's just that he arrived at the same conclusions . |
| 25 | It 's just that he wanted to see Jenny in front of everyone else . |
| 26 | It 's just that you wrote one to another girl . |
| 27 | It 's just that you got careless … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's just that you said I should speak to you — give you warning — if ever I was thinking of leaving . |
| 29 | I can if you want , it 's just that I came up with a few things that did n't make sense , they were fairly contradictory things . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's just that I thought there might be something wrong … ’ |