Example sentences of "fact it [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The satirical phrase used to embarrass the ‘ Action Men ’ is that they have the ‘ John Wayne syndrome ’ ; the fact it is Wayne rather than Rambo who is used to ridicule them gives a clue that it tends to be the older members of the force who use the term to describe the exuberant younger policemen . |
| 2 | In fact it 's Oxford 93 and a rehearsal to boot . |
| 3 | But Gascoigne wins it back , but Stein beats Gascoigne to the ball , lays it forward now to Simpson , Simpson — bad ball by Simpson , it 's Spurs in possession down the right side , it 's Paul Allen faced by Gary again , in fact it 's Paul Stewart , Stewart gets inside , will he get in the shooting chance , he 's trying to — chance now for Gascoigne , Gascoignes get in his shot and he 's scored . |
| 4 | Things happened as they must have happened , only in fact it was Rufus who had picked her up and brought her back to Wyvis Hall . |
| 5 | In fact it was Worthington , Quakers ' leading scorer in their last relegation season three years ago , who livened the game up after 25 minutes , but once again it was laid on a plate by the Darlington defence . |
| 6 | In fact it was Jack 's sense of humour that kept her feelings in proportion during the next few days . |
| 7 | A further pandering to the star would seem to have come in the change of title to Alfredo Alfredo , repeating the name of Dustin 's character , but in fact it was Germi who was not happy with the original title , which sounded as if the film were a sequel to his big international hit of 1961 , Divorce Italian Style . |
| 8 | In fact it was Les Phillips who threaded the ball through to Martin Foyle , and he had a marvellous game for United in the heart of their engine room , and just five minutes later , United almost equalised . |
| 9 | Alright , what you did n't see , and I 've talked to the man who made the video , and he tells me that in fact — as played in slow motion , it does definitely show that Martin Foyle as the ball was going goalward , got the final touch to the ball and did put it into the net , no doubt that in fact it was Foyle 's goal . |