Example sentences of "fact that she was [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hardly a secret by this time ; even her loose maternity dress could not disguise the fact that she was expecting a baby in six weeks ' time . |
| 2 | During the course of this session , I repeatedly reminded her of the fact that she was seeing something which had happened some time ago and that time had proved her recovery to be complete — something which had been born out by the numerous examinations and X-rays she had since undergone . |
| 3 | you see first of all it was the fact that she was living amongst and |
| 4 | And the fact that she was taking time off with her dyke lover offered more flexibility , more opportunities for invention . |
| 5 | Jules continued to chatter while her mind digested the fact that she was holding Lucenzo 's handkerchief — yet the initials on it were LC . |
| 6 | She sat down to conceal the fact that she was trembling . |
| 7 | He relaxed her and told her that he quite appreciated her anxiety and fear , and the fact that she was experiencing so much pain . |
| 8 | He seemed determined to emphasise the fact that she was leaving . |
| 9 | Including the fact that she was dying . |
| 10 | The fact that she was approaching thirty can not have made the decision any easier . |
| 11 | She was always in such a hurry , jumping out of bed and straight into her workaday clothes , that she had failed to take notice of the fact that she was growing into a very shapely young woman . |
| 12 | Meredith lowered her head to hide the fact that she was having to swallow away the dryness in her throat . |
| 13 | As the weeks had gone by the other girl had dropped more and more blatant hints about the fact that she was having an affair with her employer . |
| 14 | erm when I was looking at this , this picture of the , of the Brettan Girls , I erm , I was really particularly struck by the bo , the mild head of one of the dancers and the fact that she was rubbing her , her heal , erm and it gave me a voice for , for this poem , I was also drawn by the dismissal , there 's a goose in the painting , there 's four , four geese and one of them is dismissing the , the , the winner outright and erm I found his look very , very interesting and , and I could n't help but compare the lies of these four dancers with those within erm from the later period as the eye that , that , that Gaugin painted later on . |
| 15 | The fact that she was doing this and not looking at her old friend made her doubts about this statement less evident , but all the same my mother protested . |
| 16 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |
| 17 | And she thought , as she stood there with Rosie , Susie , Katie , Isabel , Janice and Heather , that none of it mattered , none of it had any importance , in view of the fact that she was going . |
| 18 | And of course , when Corrie left , changed into her new suit , her mother , emotional after the ceremony , had had another little upset at the fact that she was going away too , just when she needed some comfort for one daughter 's departure . |
| 19 | It was n't just the fact that she was going to have to make her umpteenth phone call , asking the electrical repair man to call at the apartment yet again , which was so deeply depressing ; her own personal life — like that of the antiquated air-conditioning system — seemed to keep breaking down just when she was hopeful of a permanent repair . |
| 20 | Joan felt a trifle faint and was grateful for the fact that she was sitting down . |
| 21 | Mr Jones , 43 , who runs the cafe in Ross-on-Wye , said : ‘ I took exception to the fact that she was selling teas outside our door without informing me first . ’ |
| 22 | ( The witness did not mention every time she blinked , for example , or the fact that she was breathing . ) |
| 23 | It came to him that he could lock the door , there was a bolt on it , but this conjured up the vision of her battering on it , for she certainly would n't be deterred by the fact that she was raising the house ; she would know that Mary was the only one in it at the moment . |
| 24 | This I did at once with a feeling of self-importance which blinded me to the now obvious fact that she was abrogating her responsibilities and allowing them to devolve , once more , upon her eldest daughter . |
| 25 | He was so cool now , so calm , and the fact that she was feeling utterly wretched did not bother him a bit . |
| 26 | Though since she had taken only one glass of wine , she knew that when everything should have been against her feeling in any way relaxed she must thank Ven , and his charm as a host , for the fact that she was feeling so entirely at ease with him . |
| 27 | She had often heard people say how Martha Gristy had been the beauty of Polruan , and she had taken pride in the fact that she was inheriting those looks . |