Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adv] that [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's just that if she did n't take that potion of mine she would have killed herself anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's simply that while we 've been playing well in possession , we have n't been doing the job when the opposition have had the ball . |
| 3 | It 's just that while we 've been together it 's been the activity you 've indulged in most . |
| 4 | It 's just that once you 've started on a war , there 's no stopping it . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's just that after we went to live in South Africa it seemed a sensible choice for a third language , as the only non-English-speaking countries among the front line states are Mozambique and Angola . ’ |
| 6 | It 's just that when you first hear a record and do n't know how to make one , you think it 's too hard until you actually meet somebody who can do it , ’ offers Tony . |
| 7 | Or maybe it 's just that when you are away from home you feel more adventurous . |
| 8 | It 's just that when I see him I forget all that . |
| 9 | It 's not that I 've anything against audiences , it 's just that when they 're a blur they 're so friendly — just one big smiley mess . |
| 10 | It 's just that when he talks to people he gets a bit frightened . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's just that when you get two things happening like that , people say there 's going to be three , do n't they ? |
| 12 | And they can do maths , they just , it 's just that when you call it maths they say they ca n't do it . |
| 13 | It 's just that if in you need you want it explained to you in a way you understand do n't you rather than |
| 14 | It 's just — well , it 's just that if whatever killed Paula was a software virus rather than an accident , then someone would have had to infect the suitbrain . |
| 15 | No I mean it 's not , it 's not that , it 's just that if you 've got , if you 've got anything you want to say on these cases , then it 's worth bringing it out now . |
| 16 | This is why and one of the the real problems with this is it 's not that I 'm criticising , it 's just that if in fact you 've got somebody who was appointed as a treasurer , you can in fact get more information out of it , instead of having to guess what we got from where and how it came in . |
| 17 | It 's just that if there has been a price increase , then the end date wants changing as well . . . |
| 18 | on a Tuesday , it 's just that if you come across anything , do n't go scouring |
| 19 | well he said the house is going up for sale , I think he thinks I 'll be patient in that direction , it 's not that , it 's just that if it was a nice house , a normal house where the kids can play out on a nice day and just hang the washing out , I could be getting on with it |
| 20 | I 'm talking about quarter past seven , at this time , well there 's no real need for them to be up now it 's just that if they get , they like to have a a little bit of a play time . |
| 21 | Do n't I mean do n't , do n't buy it just for this it 's just that if you had it handy |
| 22 | But I did n't do it with dieting — it 's just that as you get older , and I 'm 62 now , you do n't need as much food . |
| 23 | It 's merely that if there 's more than 50 of them feeling it simultaneously on the same summit then I 'd rather be somewhere else . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's so that if somebody drops a bloody great boulder on yer nut it 'll bounce off |
| 25 | It is rather that until it is recognized as a convergence , and as a problem of convergence , the usual reaction , even when sympathetic ( and this , among an older and established generation , is comparatively rare ) is to see it as little more than a loose grouping of specialist studies either of communications , in their modern specialized form as ‘ the media ’ , or of the rather differently specialized field of ‘ the arts ’ . |
| 26 | It is right that when one pays for a pint of beer , one should get a pint of beer . |
| 27 | if I strike a child in a manner likely to cause harm it is right that if the child dies I may be charged with manslaughter . |
| 28 | It is not , indeed , ruled out by the logic of the naturalistic fallacy that degree of goodness and degree of pleasurableness might coincide , it is just that once one is free of the fallacy one will no longer see any reason to hold this . |
| 29 | This relationship is evidently not to be confused with a sexual relationship ; it is just that once you have entered into an artistic liaison of this intensity , the sexual shenanigans are likely to follow . |
| 30 | It is just that if you try to use the laws of physics , in a naive way , to understand the behaviour of a whole living body , you will find that you do n't get very far . |