Example sentences of "was just that [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt she had Roirbak and Malamute in a corner : it was just that they had n't yet looked over their shoulders to see the walls closing in behind them . |
| 2 | It was just that we had so little in common . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was n't that she felt left out — ‘ in fairness , they had said to me that I could go out with them anytime , but it 's a really grotty place , and I also did n't want them to feel I was a hanger-on ’ — it was just that she had nowhere else to go . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was just that she did n't lie , to herself or others , about what they were . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was just that he had already made other plans . |
| 8 | the idea was there and the structure and everything was there it was just that you had n't actually explained what you had to do first , you know , to come back with the erm recommendations erm but you did , you did get the date confirmed to come back for the second appointment which was good . |
| 9 | ‘ It was just that you seemed so interested in my being one of the survivors that I got quite the wrong initial impression . ’ |