Example sentences of "fact that [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that nobody noticed him , let alone the flowers , did not give him ease of conscience , but that was what he sought . |
| 2 | United will by extra-motivated by the fact that we knocked them out of the Coca-Cola Cup , and Robbo 's return . |
| 3 | I mean they there was a fact that they knew you were unemployed er or was n't in any s You were yours yourself a target . |
| 4 | ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters . |
| 5 | ‘ The judge granted AMD a new trial based on the fact that they claimed they did n't see a Business Wire report when we announced that we sued them , ’ Intel general counsel Tom Dunlap told Reuters . |
| 6 | When faced with that choice this summer , I chose to encourage people to continue to develop computerisation in primary health care rather than simply to reward directly those who did something very valuable — there is no doubt about that , or about the fact that they did it at their own risk — some years ago . |
| 7 | The fact that they reserved me a front row seat in the Big Top of their felicity did assist in throttling back the glooms . |
| 8 | ‘ I blame it on the fact that someone linked me with the US government , ’ he says . |
| 9 | It must have occurred to you that Dawn is probably very jealous — in particular of the fact that he took you with him to the zoo . ’ |
| 10 | Jenna was a bit surprised that Alain knew this man and the fact that he knew him was n't making him any more gracious , either . |
| 11 | Alan 's parents were perfectly civilized about the marriage , and Alan took considerable satisfaction in the fact that he knew they were rather shocked . |
| 12 | It was the fact that he felt he had done it right the first time and not nearly as well the second time . |
| 13 | This he was entitled to do , but the fact that he did it aroused Congress to the realization that Gandhi had been right when he announced upon his retirement that India was still a prison , but now the superintendent was allowing the prisoners to elect the officials who ran the jail . |
| 14 | perhaps the truth is that in the field of economic policy , Keynes 's preference for a managed economy aligned him with the new Liberals : hence the handsome tribute he paid to J. A. Hobson , in spite of the fact that he regarded him as mistaken . |
| 15 | In the light of this catalogue of achievements it was almost inevitable that Geoff should gain his second Player of the Year award from out discerning supporters , while the fact that he earned it in Palace 's most successful season of all time is a clear demonstration of both his immense value and huge contribution to our club . |
| 16 | The fact that he found it less easy to talk about such things to a young girl did not mean he was less impassioned than she was . |
| 17 | Alcuin thought he might be employed in making peace , but the fact that he found it necessary to protest that he had never been disloyal to Offa suggests that his allegiances were being called into question . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not talking about your dismissal or even the fact that it parted you from Jones , and I think you know it . ’ |
| 19 | The fact that it emerged he was a retired civil servant was an additional bonus . |
| 20 | It was a memory he had n't known he had , and even now he knew very little about it beyond the fact that it involved him and his father and a railway tunnel . |
| 21 | And , though I hate to admit it , the fact that I saw him differently was Sophie 's doing . |
| 22 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 23 | The fact that I knew it was wicked to expose my smooth bare slit gave me a feeling both of pleasure and of power , never vocalised . |
| 24 | My regard for her was reflected in the fact that I asked her to be my son , Giles 's godmother . |
| 25 | ( The fact that I found it offensive to have to make any such argument for human equality shows that I was working with an ethical a priori approach , but I believe that a case can be made . ) |
| 26 | 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 ’ . ) |
| 27 | You once let out the fact that you wished you were free of the burdens your family placed on you . |
| 28 | But do n't misunderstand me ; I do n't disagree with the fact that you interviewed them . |
| 29 | The thing is that , in a day or two , the Tollemarche Advent will wake up to the fact that you wrote it . |
| 30 | In spite of the fact that you turned her away , I was afraid that your love and devotion to her might make you forget how she had shamed you . |