Example sentences of "fact that [noun prp] had [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |
| 2 | ‘ When Estwick passed on the fact that Jones had mentioned you as a possible candidate for this job and your previous experience confirmed that you were amply qualified to do it , I thought — what the hell ! |
| 3 | But the fact that Sarah had said it at all seemed to mean she thought they were very close friends . |
| 4 | Francois now moved in the general direction of Neidenburg to get behind the Russian rear , despite the fact that Ludendorff had ordered him to march rapidly northeast toward Lahna . |
| 5 | ‘ This is also a story of courage and compassion ’ said Owen , objecting to the fact that Inouye had called it ‘ sad and sordid ’ : ‘ caring and sharing ’ — ‘ of doing what is right , and dying for a cause ’ . |
| 6 | It was the fact that Emma had accused her of not doing anything to prevent her being molested . |
| 7 | That , together with the fact that Joe had willed him everything he possessed , made Michael Ryan a very happy man . |
| 8 | The fact that God had done it once meant that he could do it again . |
| 9 | Dawn 's words re-echoed in her mind , in spite of the fact that Robert had derided them so vehemently , and she felt that she must always be on her guard . |
| 10 | Despite the fact that Gassendi and Boyle took care to find a place for God and the soul in their revivals of the theory , its adherents had perpetually to struggle against the undeniable fact that Epicurus had introduced it as a foundation for his explicit materialistic atheism . |