Example sentences of "fact that [pron] [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The management ref refused to talk all the time and after a while it just got depressing , the fact that nothing seemed to be happening . |
| 2 | Then , exasperated by her own confusion , and the fact that they seemed to be going round in circles , Ellie demanded , ‘ Feargal , just tell me what it is you want to know — what , in fact , we 're supposed to be talking about ! ’ |
| 3 | The fact that they happened to be sites where nuclear waste was already produced , where there might be a flicker of acceptance from the local population , and appeared to have been chosen more from expediency than science , did n't seem to embarrass the already embattled industry . |
| 4 | There was a cool mockery in his deep voice , and she turned to glare at him , hating him for the fact that he seemed to be deriving amusement from her discomfort . |
| 5 | His brain , never an overactive organ even on those rare moments when it was n't pickled in alcohol , grappled with the fact that he appeared to be in some sort of tent before triumphantly reaching the conclusion that he was at a party . |
| 6 | On his view the fact that it ceased to be a probability , and did occur , is something that might not have happened . |
| 7 | In addition the fact that it had to be paid in cash meant that the farmers had to sell their crop to the grain-dealer and then often enough borrow money from the money lender . |
| 8 | The fact that I appeared to be driving the only topless car on the east coast did n't make it any easier . |
| 9 | Nothing else mattered at the moment except the fact that I wanted to be a follower of Jesus Christ — whoever He was . |
| 10 | ‘ It was the fact that you needed to be told that made telling you impossible . ’ |
| 11 | We became eerily conscious of the fact that there seemed to be an absence even of wild life : animal , bird or insect . |
| 12 | In light of the fact that she appeared to be on the hunt , and looked like a blonde bombshell , exactly what was the man asking her ? |