Example sentences of "it [is] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know whether it 's that we want much , too much |
| 2 | If we go to an exhibition together we find that we like the same paintings ; so I think it 's that we have an empathy in our way of painting , in the whole attitude to painting . |
| 3 | Mostly it 's that they do n't travel well , whatever flightcases you use . |
| 4 | It 's that they have equal decisions , really so you ca n't say . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's that it does n't suit you . |
| 6 | Not you , it 's that it 's , it 's been on show . |
| 7 | It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking . |
| 8 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 9 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 10 | It 's that I do n't want it . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's that I think you 're gay ! |
| 12 | It 's that you 've got to put on , so |
| 13 | So a lot of , a lot of the problems with some of the areas of the work is because you do it so infrequent it 's not that you ca n't do it , it 's that you feel |
| 14 | It 's not the buying them that 's cunning , it 's just that I ca n't help being grateful ( I did n't actually say I was grateful , but I was n't sharp ) , it 's that he presents them so humbly , with such an air of please-don't-thank-me and I-deserve-it-all . |
| 15 | Perhaps it 's that he 's made me look at myself and see that what I believe is old and stuffy . |
| 16 | If Armstrong has a disadvantage , then it 's that he has n't got a passenger seat . |
| 17 | You , you ha you establish a rapport of listening for a little while to whatever it is that they 've got to say , and their troubles and their anxieties and I was n't happy that |
| 18 | Today we were close enough to the front of the plane to have a newspaper in English , and not have to settle for one printed in a strange dialect of Latvian ( or whatever it is that they use for those that are always left at the end ) . |
| 19 | The only really naff thing about it is that they serve John Smith 's bitter , but their Guinness was great , so no probs . |
| 20 | I mean we can Toyota can produce , you know , sufficient Corollas or whatever it is that they make at Derby erm , to sat to satisfy the whole of the world market for that particular car , just from one plant . |
| 21 | However desirable it is that they receive training , many do not see it as a practical proposition . |
| 22 | But whatever it is that they seek , this Chinese martial art will , somewhere along the road of disciplined training , provide it . |
| 23 | It is not that people need to change or be ‘ cured ’ ; it is that they need to pursue their thoughts to their logical conclusion and from there make decisions on the basis of what they have discovered about themselves . |
| 24 | But the main thing that came out of it is that they need from us er the client reports . |
| 25 | Yeah find out , I mean exactly sort of trying to find out exactly what it is that they want to think about , suggest , you know |
| 26 | Er the goods that what , not goods that we want to give them like junk food and ludicrous fashions , to find out what it is that they want this of equipment and no , and do n't forget the know-how , I mean we are , we have a hell of a Know-how in this country which is not being used . |
| 27 | It is not that academic critics make a conscious effort to imitate their colleagues in the sciences , it is that they have come to adopt their concept of knowledge , and its professional servicing and supportive structures . |
| 28 | Equally , the discomfort associated with gonorrhoea is usually of a greater order , and men who have suffered repeated attacks of both infections can usually tell which infection it is that they have on any given occasion . |
| 29 | Is it possible to define what it is that they have in common ? |
| 30 | If there is any difference , it is that they have now taken over all the station and the upper classes have generally disappeared . |