Example sentences of "[art] fact that [pers pn] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that they reserved me a front row seat in the Big Top of their felicity did assist in throttling back the glooms . |
| 2 | I 'm left with the fact that they knock me up in the middle of the night , turn my place over , give me a hard time , then just forget about it all . |
| 3 | But whatever the case , and despite the fact that she bores me to stupefaction , I ca n't be unkind to her . ’ |
| 4 | No , er we 're proposing that we just do , take this reso , in other words , if you endorse the fact that I say I I sa committed the |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't cash in on the fact that you know I — I 'm susceptible to you . |
| 6 | a ) Heres that book you asked me to bring ( The fact that you asked me to bring it is not new. ) b ) Ive got to take the dog for a walk ( ‘ For a walk ’ is by far the most probable thing to follow ‘ I 've got to take the dog ’ ; if the sentence ended with ‘ to the vet ’ the tonic syllable would probably be ‘ vet ’ . ) |
| 7 | Am I supposed to be flattered by the fact that you think I resemble a small magical creature , who , as far as my childhood recollections goes , always wears a stupid hat and has pointed ears ? ’ |
| 8 | Erm , and he said , you know , I really resent the fact that you treat me like a village idiot , and I said , well you know , I 'm sorry that you feel that way , but my experience is of a group of fourteen people , erm , is that somebody always gets it wrong . |