Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it 's just that we do n't have enough of those long , thin granite cracks . |
| 2 | Yeah , perhaps it 's just that I know some of the loonies that go up there and get what they want every time . |
| 3 | Perhaps it is simply that you do not have the courage to do so . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is right that the official institutions of a community should express moral judgements on behalf of its law-abiding members — but why should it have to take form of punishment ? |
| 5 | Perhaps the enormity of what he was doing got to him — the difference , perhaps between hardened professional and gifted amateur — or perhaps it was simply that the holes became too tough for him . |
| 6 | Youthful confidence , I suppose , or perhaps it was simply that I felt I had no alternative , there was nothing else I could do . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps it was simply that he had not spoken very well , being new to it , and they felt that he was not up to their fine ways ? |
| 8 | Glancing from beneath her lashes , Lindsey studied his profile , and found it unnerving , or perhaps it was simply that the confining space of the small car did n't allow much distance between driver and passenger . |
| 9 | Perhaps it was here that ogres and giants used to lure their victims . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was just that Gildas was closest , he understood most , and although their friendship was impregnable , they could still hurt each other . |
| 11 | Perhaps he could n't bear to , perhaps it was just that he felt his marriage to be a private affair . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was just that he had already made other plans . |
| 13 | Perhaps it was only that the hot climb had tired her but it seemed more than that . |
| 14 | Perhaps it was there that Roger was born or brought up . |
| 15 | Perhaps it was more that she just wanted to be somewhere else . |
| 16 | Perhaps it was now that he appointed Ebroin , himself an able military leader , to be his archchaplain . |
| 17 | Obviously it 's right that we should try and persuade the German government to delay matters as much as possible . |
| 18 | So it was when my life began so it is now that I am a man . |
| 19 | Well really that 's l by and large what groups is all about so it 's clearly that they do and there 's some cases here of sort of cyclists cycling harder and faster when they 've got they 're training with other cyclists or erm when they 're training against the clock . |
| 20 | So it 's not that you could n't fe it 's , it was it was actually you who were n't able to find the thing , rather than the thing was n't available for you , that 's the suggestion ? |
| 21 | and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew . |
| 22 | That 's only because you 're looking at it in a very short- term perspective , they , the way they saw the communist revolution was by a very long drawn out process and so it was n't that the revolution had just created this was , this was an important step in order to lead to their ultimate goal . |
| 23 | So it was advisedly that the terms of reference excluded the public sector . |
| 24 | No it was just it was just that he , he , he wound you , he wound up , he said oh someone 's looking for you cos he wanted to get rid of him |
| 25 | I 'm not it 's just that my fe ah but they 're not laced up are they ? |
| 26 | Well we 're not saying that we would n't have turned up it 's just that we were unable to turn up . |
| 27 | Said they were going out it 's just that that was ages ago though . |
| 28 | Thing is though it 's not that I really care about him personally , you know it 's not that I 'm thinking oh it 's a real shame , but it 's just , and usually if , if people are complete dicks I think well er you know , sod them |
| 29 | I was just gon na say Dick , can you , I 'll , I 'll give you a ring back it 's just that we 're in the middle of eating |
| 30 | Sorry , I did n't mean to pull back it 's just that I want to hear what they 're talking about . |