Example sentences of "'s [adv] that [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oh , it 's only that I feel I 've been wasting my life !
2 ‘ It 's only that I think , maybe , that it 's more the vice of America — no , not vice , I do n't think , but difficulty — to be moralistic in politics .
3 It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent .
4 I think we have to be a little bit careful about this because , of course , erm the feeling is not that once they 've been in the job for a little while that they are still amateurs , it 's merely that we do n't require them to know a great deal about what they 're going to do before they start .
5 It 's basically that we feel the group has to be thrown into different circumstances if it 's going to be stimulated , if it 's going to change .
6 As their letter informed me , it 's enough that they know they 're being watched . ’
7 ‘ It 's enough that you listen .
8 It 's enough that you have to pay for the licence , which is erm , what is it eighty pounds
9 that 's so that we do n't have to mess about with it , it , it
10 No , though these are my gloves , it 's so that I do n't get perspiration on the , on the dress , yes , or rings or anything , so
11 No it 's just that they take ages and ages and ages cos Dundee will ask Nottingham , Nottingham will ask us to bring the notes back , then we 'll send them to Nottingham , Nottingham will send them to Dundee , Dundee will send them to your G P .
12 It 's not er a really a teaching which er is important , it 's just that they know that er we have a Sikh assembly and since then er I have found er they have a type of great moral courage , they 're proud of themselves .
13 ‘ And also , when you meet them , they 're exactly the same people — it 's just that they 've got different accents .
14 It 's just that they 've probably got so tired of putting petrol in each year
15 Well no , do n't pay for any privilege , it 's just that they 've
16 It 's just that they say if you 're doing physics sometimes you know this might help you
17 ‘ Ah , ’ she said , ‘ it 's just that they bow a lot . ’
18 Well that 's debatable I think they 've got plenty of people up here to do it it 's just that they do n't want to do it .
19 ‘ It 's just that they have real effects .
20 It 's just that we 've received soooooo many queries asking ‘ when ’ , ‘ who ’ and ‘ … how much ’ that we 've decided to give you the full story here ( maybe NOW you 'll stop inundating us with begging letters ! )
21 ‘ It 's just that we 've learnt to pay more attention to what we 're doing and use our budget wisely . ’
22 ‘ It 's just that we 've learnt to pay more attention to what we 're doing and use our budget wisely . ’
23 I do n't think it 's any worse now , it 's just that we 've written no about it .
24 ‘ It 's just that we need to be absolutely sure before proceeding .
25 ‘ It 's just that we have to see the hearth if we 're to know you 're in an old farmhouse .
26 It 's just that we have n't got any resistance to the kind of germs they 're used to .
27 It 's just that we have a little surprise for you and we did n't want Mr Woodentop spoiling it . ’
28 ‘ It 's just that we have n't found it yet . ’
29 But I 'll have to be very careful with it I I do expect , I would expect , that there would be inquiries for that kind of investment here erm it 's just that we have n't any major ones in the last couple of years of that type because the overall framework here is opposed to it .
30 Perhaps it 's just that we do n't have enough of those long , thin granite cracks .
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