Example sentences of "was [adv] that [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you won , Ragu , and in retrospect I think it was right that you did . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was just that she did n't lie , to herself or others , about what they were . |
| 5 | He said that one of their reasons for lying was probably that they did not want to be publicly associated with the Carpenter Club . |