Example sentences of "[was/were] just [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , well I mean , it were n't as though I had n't put a payment in it were just that it probably was this taking Tracey 's book and I marked it onto Tracey 's , er , Tracey 's book . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was just that they were all in profile and virtually identical . |
| 4 | Now she knew the safety of her room was illusory ; it was just that they could n't be bothered with her . |
| 5 | It was n't Lloyds fault , it was just that they were complying with the original P E P regulations about reporting and , and er so on , so they had to charge more . |
| 6 | It was just that they 'd been told they could n't do it . |
| 7 | You can imagine that some drivers er went the wrong way , and it was just that they , they just did n't concentrate on the run but nowadays they seem to run all over the town . |
| 8 | I ca n't explain it really , it was just that they got a big massive . |
| 9 | It was just that we were all so fond of her . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ With ‘ Spirit Of Eden ’ it was just that we had the freedom to move into this constructive freeform style of playing , which up till then we just could n't afford to do , ’ continues Mark . |
| 12 | ‘ It was just that we were strangers and awkward with each other , whereas Suzie was malleable . |
| 13 | It was just that we had so little in common . |
| 14 | He still has n't had it through , cos we were yes , yes , big improvement , it was just that we were arranging visiting and things like that and er whether there 's any need to do certain things , so er , but he 's still on a , he 's come off all his painkillers his morphine 's out completely , that 's fantastic is n't it ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was just that she did n't lie , to herself or others , about what they were . |
| 17 | It was just that she knew that there was something seriously wrong with her — something far more dramatic than a grumbling appendix or the normal after-effects of an operation . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It was just that she loved Eve as much as any mother could love a daughter . |
| 20 | When she was n't explaining that she and the libbers were on the same side really , Mrs Travers took pains to point out that FAMILY had no quarrel with the poor or socially inadequate ; it was just that she wanted to pay tribute to the unsung millions of women ( and men ) who lived normal lives , did not swap roles , get divorces or abortions , become homeless or batter their children ( or their wives ) ; people who faced misfortune with re-sourcefulness and courage and without recourse to public funds . |
| 21 | In a way she was imposing , and as statuesque as the pictures in front of her ; it was just that she was not , and never could be , her father 's type . |
| 22 | She was n't a bad wife or anything like that , it was just that she 'd met this man at work , where she worked , they both worked at a dry cleaning place . |
| 23 | It was just that she had been too much in love at the time to see it . |
| 24 | It was just that she disliked Julius 's secretary so very much . |
| 25 | It was just that she was making a statement herself in dressing up . |
| 26 | He had stopped stealing , or , rather , Emmie thought he had : sometimes she wondered if it was just that she was n't keeping a proper watch on him . |
| 27 | It was just that she was not a parent but their grandmother , whose character was fixed and unalterable . |
| 28 | It was just that she became — tiresome , really , she was so dinging . |
| 29 | It was just that she was another Egyptian girl . |
| 30 | It was n't that she had n't been talking to Mandy , it was just that she had let her displeasure over that application be felt for an entire week now . |