Example sentences of "[prep] [art] fact that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I apologise for the fact that I heard only about 40 minutes of the Minister of Agriculture 's speech . |
| 2 | He said I was just covering up for the fact that I had n't the faintest idea of what was wrong . ’ |
| 3 | Soon I 'll have enough money for a really powerful crossbow , and that I 'm certainly looking forward to ; it 'll help make up for the fact that I 've never been able to persuade my father to buy a rifle or a shotgun that I could use sometimes . |
| 4 | However , I must break that rule this morning and apologise for the fact that I have an extremely heavy cold , which will make the delivery of my speech a long process — and even longer for the House , which has to be detained in listening to it . |
| 5 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 6 | In the light of the facts that I have set out , his conclusion that the Home Office decision is ’ ill-conceived ’ is a masterpiece of restrained understatement . |
| 7 | he said in spite of the fact that I 've been in parliament for longer than he has , which surprised me cos I would n't have thought so this is the young Winston Churchill of course so the Chinese man said to him erm oh well the reason for that was that he had a famous grandfather |
| 8 | erm I 'm conscious of the fact that I 've been going on for perhaps too long and I may not have said quite enough about Darwin , but let me just finish by saying this that it 's not possible today , I believe , to discuss any important problem in biology without Darwin 's thought being absolutely central to what you 're saying all the time . |
| 9 | My clever chat would avail me nothing in the face of the fact that I had chosen to ally myself with a woman who practically peed her pants at some salesman 's blue jokes . |
| 10 | I was also delighted that at last there had been an acknowledgement of the fact that I had a role in what was happening rather than being seen as a bystander in an event that would , all being well , change our lives beyond recognition . |
| 11 | If I wanted to , I could change my name regardless of the fact that I had not committed any crime . |
| 12 | The President was amused , conceding that not much cricket or rugby was played in the United States , but as a sports fan himself he understood — especially as a Southerner , aware of the significance of sport in the Deep South , and of the fact that I came from an ever Deeper South than he did … |
| 13 | I have never made any secret of the fact that I believe that the future of Monktonhall lies in British Coal working the pit and we have said that from the start . |
| 14 | I have made no secret of the fact that I do n't like the Channel Tunnel . |
| 15 | I have made no secret of the fact that I consider you to be a boy with potential , a boy I might introduce to some of the wonderful things of this world . |
| 16 | " Do you love me in spite of the fact that I have n't succeeded , or because of it ? " |
| 17 | Despite the fact that I succumbed to a mild form of food-poisoning through eating at the cheapest restaurants — a meal could he obtained for ten ( old ) francs or less , but less meant the more chance of prostration — I have never known Paris so surpassingly beautiful as that year . |
| 18 | I recently came back from a trip to Egypt and despite the fact that I enjoyed the food there , I had an urge to make a really wholesome fish pie . |
| 19 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 20 | This was despite the fact that I had already visited the Algerian Embassy to no effect after writing thirteen times . |
| 21 | However , despite the fact that I had to pay for the survey , the society will not allow me to have a copy of the report . |
| 22 | Despite the fact that I feel strongly about this issue , I remain open-minded and by seeing as much as is attainable my ideas will develop and so determine the kind of practitioner I hope to be . |
| 23 | All this trouble they are giving us despite the fact that I have a UK passport . |
| 24 | My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs . |
| 25 | That I am living in Britain in the first place has everything to do with the fact that I came here to start the magazine you are reading , a magazine for men . |
| 26 | I think a lot of it was to do with the fact that I 'd never driven in the dark before . |
| 27 | It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well . |
| 28 | I feel that we need now new blood on the committee , and coupled with the fact that I 've done one one more year than the constitution says I should , I 'm not standing for reelection as Chairman . |
| 29 | I I think I must come back with the fact that I have n't denied we made made a mistake . |
| 30 | Perhaps it 's got to do with the fact that I have er four children , I really do not have the time to sit down and read papers in depth . |