Example sentences of "the fact [is] [that] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid the fact is that we had the finest guitarist in the world and we did n't recognise it . |
| 2 | The fact is that I had never seen it , or known what I was seeing , until that day : … |
| 3 | The fact is that I had already begun to give serious consideration to the possibility of doing away with Dennis Parsons . |
| 4 | The fact is that I did n't — do n't want you to make such a sacrifice and give up the zoo work you like so much . ’ |
| 5 | The fact is that he had much to do with the development of that car , that he worked hard , drove cleanly and finished steadily : those are the marks of a real champion rather than a flash in the pan . |
| 6 | The fact is that he blew up badly . ’ |
| 7 | The fact is that he went to a race meeting at Silverstone in 1965 and decided right then and there that what he wanted most was to be a racing driver . |
| 8 | Look at Carlos Lopes — I would n't compare myself with Lopes , but the fact is that he ran his fastest 10K while he was training for a marathon [ Lopes ran the then second fastest ever 10,000m , with 17:17.48 in July 1984 , just one month before winning the Olympic marathon in a record 2:09.21 ] . |