Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [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 was advisedly that the terms of reference excluded the public sector .
21 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
22 If Adam was speaking like he is now that pick it up .
23 and erm , they 're always stuck together , and so I suppose now she 's now that she 's , her friends has separated she has , she instantly separated .
24 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 .
25 Now it was there that we became separated , I developed a very bad throat and could not fly , just before we were ready to leave for overseas as in his crew and the other crews that were there went on whereas I got held back and of course the way I feel about it is that that week that I got held back , saved my life .
26 No mine are n't too bad really it 's just that I do n't like being having said that I had one .
27 it was still in the sixties , they call it the swinging sixties , I mean I did n't see anything swinging in the sixties at all , I did n't think it was swinging , but er and they do n't like now the swinging sixties and I think really it was then that er people did er branch out to new ideas .
28 Well it 's just that the fact that there 's more muggings and things going round this area than any other part of .
29 Well it 's just that it 's the Chief Constable 's case that when er er sorry when was got from his bed he was told that he was being arrested for harbouring and escapee Lawrence .
30 Well it 's just that I may be totally wrong but I just read it first when you read it first it 's like its prey in the light if you see what I mean .
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