Example sentences of "be [adv] [that] [pers pn] did " in BNC.

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1 If scio was not thought adequate at classical law , the reason can be only that it did not make sufficiently clear that the testator intended a trustee to be legally obliged to make property over to a beneficiary .
2 It 's just that we did n't know that I did n't hear what she said .
3 ‘ It 's just that she did n't have any life . ’
4 It 's just that she did n't succeed .
5 The lyrics , 2 , are unmistakably Prince , all 2s and 4s and Us , with a sentiment similar to Janet Jackson 's AIDS generation love song ‘ Let's Wait Awhile ’ — ‘ it 's just that I did n't think our first date should be in bed ’ .
6 The lyrics , 2 , are unmistakably Prince , all 2s and 4s and Us , with a sentiment similar to Janet Jackson 's AIDS generation love song ‘ Let's Wait Awhile ’ — ‘ it 's just that I did n't think our first date should be in bed ’ .
7 It 's not that we did n't get on together , it 's just we had nothing in common .
8 It 's not that he did n't say it , but he was somewhere else at the time , and he just heard the bit of it , he heard the back end of it .
9 I was just going to say that I 'm sure he it 's not that he did n't take it seriously .
10 It 's not that you did n't want the ball .
11 I think they are still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway Ken
12 I think still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway er Ken
13 So you won , Ragu , and in retrospect I think it was right that you did .
14 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 .
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 not that they did n't know about the brain .
18 It was not that I did not love her .
19 The answer she gave was not that she did n't know Mr Lawson 's stated reason for resigning , but that she found it incomprehensible .
20 He said that one of their reasons for lying was probably that they did not want to be publicly associated with the Carpenter Club .
21 It was n't that we did n't get on , we did — surprisingly well , in fact .
22 It was n't that he did n't like women , you understand , he simply stayed faithful to one who was dead .
23 that 's another story with a an unusual ending cos I 'd have thought when you were saying that he was n't that he did n't give them the
24 Israel 's great sin was n't that it did not do good things — but that it did not obey the Law , the Torah .
25 It was n't that she did n't love them — or want to — she just could n't .
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