Example sentences of "fact that you [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a ) Heres that book you asked me to bring ( The fact that you asked me to bring it is not new. ) b ) Ive got to take the dog for a walk ( ‘ For a walk ’ is by far the most probable thing to follow ‘ I 've got to take the dog ’ ; if the sentence ended with ‘ to the vet ’ the tonic syllable would probably be ‘ vet ’ . ) |
| 2 | No because everybody who has it is aware of the fact that you know they 've se known that I 've changed my number before and they know why . |
| 3 | Well I felt very honoured that er that people should recognise er the fact that you know you did the job and they enjoyed coming down here to travel from Charlbury . |
| 4 | I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid |
| 5 | Am I supposed to be flattered by the fact that you think I resemble a small magical creature , who , as far as my childhood recollections goes , always wears a stupid hat and has pointed ears ? ’ |
| 6 | If sun-bathing makes you feel good , it 's got more to do with the fact that you feel you look good , and that you 've allowed yourself to unwind . |