Example sentences of "fact [that] he was [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendant accepted as a fact that he was holding the revolver when the fatal shot was discharged , but the case for the defence was that the revolver went off accidentally in the course of a struggle during which the defendant forcibly placed Paulette in the driver 's seat . |
| 2 | Apart from the fact that he was wearing a suit of thick brown tweed on what was a warm day in early summer , the man walking along an elegant street in Kensington was unremarkable . |
| 3 | She had forgotten that he was off duty until her vision cleared sufficiently for her to take in the fact that he was wearing a dark suit , the jacket unfastened to reveal a white shirt . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's enough of that , ’ Ross told them firmly as he threw aside the sheets , revealing the fact that he was wearing a pair of boxer shorts . |
| 5 | Ben had been made a Companion of Honour in the Coronation Honours List and the very fact that he was writing an opera for the Coronation created jealousy in some quarters . |
| 6 | His greatest moment came in July 1977 when he was sacked from the manager 's post at Manchester United after disclosing the fact that he was having an affair with Mary Brown , wife of the club 's physiotherapist , Laurie Brown . |
| 7 | Grumbling under his breath at the lateness of the hour , and the fact that he was missing an important baseball game on TV , the super — who appeared to be of Polish extraction — nevertheless insisted on taking them up in an antiquated , dangerously shaky lift . |