Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But it 's a compliment it 's a compliment from the company saying we 've got a looking people that we 're quite that people can you know . |
2 | ‘ They should stay where they are so that Ulster people can continue to enjoy the excellent facilities and services available . ’ |
3 | It 's probably that Robert Johnson , who finally headed for the crossroads in 1938 , made more money for Sony/Columbia last year than many of their more super-hyped contemporary acts . |
4 | It 's not that Binbrook was such an important station to warrant all this staff , but as the size of the RAF contracted more and more , Waafs were posted there from the closing satellite stations and at one point there were twelve of us . |
5 | Hang on , it 's not that Arnie at all , it 's another big-muscled psychotic killing machine . |
6 | It 's not that Shatov is somehow proved right and Mrs Virginsky wrong about new life and ( by implication ) God , but that the most natural hope begins to stir in the merely legal father 's heart ; so it would be pompous and artificial to go on talking about futurity , this is the future in the mind 's eye of one rejoicing man : shared , beautiful , fragile ; and the whole novel seems braced to tear itself free of the devils possessing it : |
7 | It 's not that Malcolm was a father-figure to us — as some have said — he was more like an elder brother who 'd actually been out there in the world and done it so he had the confidence and experience . |
8 | So , repression , it 's not that Freud dropped the concept of repression but that he elaborated it and made it much more sophisticated , and the mechanisms of defence are the means , you could say they 're the means by which er repression erm comes about . |
9 | It 's not that Novell has any moral or financial obligation to be the keeper of the Unix flame . |
10 | It 's not that people want to get rich , it 's just that you make a nice living and enjoy |
11 | But you see the important thing about this scene is not what is taking place there it 's not really that Pilate is standing in , in the trial as the judge of Jesus , it 's not that Pilate has i , within his hands the power of life and death for Jesus , that 's not the important issue , that 's not the real significance of this incident , the real significance is that every one of us at some time or other stand in the same place that Pilate stood . |
12 | ‘ No , it 's not that men are excluded from these new values but that they have to adapt ; learn to change , ’ says Roderick . |
13 | It 's right that Joe Hawkins and Allen 's other legendary aggro merchants should now be given a new lease of life , and Allen is absolutely sure of his books ' continued relevance : ‘ The doubts and problems which confronted yesteryear 's skinheads have multiplied at an alarming rate in today 's world . |
14 | It 's simply that people need to see their leaders and would feel hurt if they believed themselves forgotten . |
15 | It 's , it 's rarely that Gail , I do n't think I 've ever seen Gail in here . |
16 | Or maybe it 's just that Scotland is too familiar with lads from the back streets of Edinburgh claiming they have a license to kill . |
17 | It 's just that Peake 's trilogy Titus Groan , Gormenghast and Titus Alone has attracted such a cult following that Glass was apprehensive about doing justice to the novels in the eye of fans . |
18 | It 's just that Strach was fitter last season than we could have hoped , and we needed his blood and guts leadership to dig us out of the mess we were in . |
19 | It 's just that New York fashion people look down their noses at you unless you 're a graduate of a fancy school of design . ’ |
20 | The obvious two are Kevin Keegan — he 'd be crap … he 's just a jumped up little Geordie who still has n't shown he can produce a really imaginative team ; and Glen Hoddle — now , hed be my choice … why ? because he 's young , has the respect of the players , would introduce the concept of playing football into the national team ( after all , if you look at the individual skill level of English players it 's as good as just about anywhere in the world … it 's just that managers have refused to let them play ) . |
21 | It 's just that Victor Hugo can be so terribly amusing sometimes . ’ |
22 | It 's a big problem , it 's just that fluctuations you do , if you are aware you 've got some . |
23 | It 's just that people have to make plans . |
24 | no , it 's just that people are borrowing it and ripping it apart , it is a ve it is an extremely expensive stapler |
25 | But I do n't know quite why it is — maybe that 's one area where I do find there 's a bit of segregation , or maybe it 's just that people do n't have the time available , but it 's a different sector of the community who are working with the basic things like helping the old and the infirm more , just being able to give cups of coffee to people , or chatting to them , or visiting them , or whatever . |
26 | It 's just that Mary Connon and Arthur Evans were seen in close confabulation over a drink the Friday before she died . ’ |
27 | It 's really annoying , he 's not like that at home it 's just that Pip I think Pip intimidates him |
28 | It 's alright Kerry it 's just that Graham has come to do , to observe my teaching and he 'll be wanting to sit there , is that alright ? |
29 | well it 's just that Andrew had to you know , he , he , did n't , he d did n't said it , did n't say it in any very , you know , he said it very |
30 | It 's just that Alice looked so gorgeous , I really would n't have blamed him . ’ |