Example sentences of "fact [pers pn] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had taken the name Adrian IV and had ruled the church in the twelfth century , a fact that very few people other than myself knew , but a fact I had been foolish enough to tell McIllvanney whose hatred of ‘ taigs ’ , Catholics , ensured he would never forget my papal connection . |
| 2 | As a matter of fact I 've been I 've got a book now from the library we got last week that er about Moseley and er and his daughter , and it 's good . |
| 3 | Now you 've made it impossible for me to carry out an interview despite the fact I 've been extremely patient " |
| 4 | ‘ As a matter of fact I 've been living for the past two years with a wonderful man . |
| 5 | She 's enjoying herself , we met her at John 's house I felt nervous this morning for sleeping home late although in fact I have been awake quite a lot in between , but |
| 6 | In fact you 've been one long disappointment , old bean . ’ |
| 7 | In fact you 've been downright unbearable ever since we finished your articles for the journal . ’ |
| 8 | What 's the going going to be like tonight because all the snow 's disappeared and in fact you 've been running through the snow anyway . |
| 9 | In fact she had been luckier than many . |
| 10 | In fact she had been the powerful sustaining force for as long as he could remember . |
| 11 | Now , when Paul told her the truth , her first thought was that she wished she had got herself an extra gown , while she was at it ; in fact she had been unable conveniently to carry any more , or would have done so . |
| 12 | In fact she had been feeling tired and queasy for the past few days ; and that night , when the leading man laid her on the sofa , suddenly turned her head and , without letting the audience see , vomited quietly down the sofa back . |
| 13 | She had a job , a house and enough money to live fairly well ; in fact she had been quite surprised at the amount of money her mother had left her . |
| 14 | She had no intention of saying anything else ; in fact she had been quite undecided about answering him at all , but he looked just a bit too angry for outright defiance and he was decidedly bigger than she was . |
| 15 | In fact she had been approached by wealthier men than Jonas , whose interests in her were sometimes honourable but mostly not , and she had a realistic enough sense of her attraction not to be ruffled by anything her cousin could say . |
| 16 | In fact she 'd been repeating them every mile or so . |
| 17 | In fact she has been asked to give short lecture demonstrations of the exercises to two other stroke clubs in neighbouring Hayling and Emsworth . |
| 18 | In fact we have been so good at it that we have been awarded the RCI Gold Star for the second year running . |
| 19 | As far as Comfort knew , they had returned to the States for the duration , although in fact they had been in London for part of the time , working for the Free French , and back in France for most of the rest . |
| 20 | In Frank H Wright ( Constructions ) Ltd v Frodoor Ltd [ 1967 ] 1 WLR 506 a valuation stated that some assets had not been included , when in fact they had been , but the result was still the same and completely unaffected by this error ; there was therefore no need for the court to correct the valuation . |
| 21 | In fact they 've been instrumental in providing some of the greatest pleasures in my life to date . |
| 22 | It is all too easy to attribute changes in mood to drug therapy when in fact they have been the result of removing the patient from a stressful environment and providing him with support . |
| 23 | If tests confirm there was a mix-up , the parents will have to live with the fact they have been loving someone else 's child . |
| 24 | In fact they have been moved into nursing homes funded by the Department of Social Security . |
| 25 | They almost stopped the appointment of the Moscow ambassador , ‘ Chips ’ Bohlen , because McCarthy resented the fact it had been made ‘ over his head ’ . |
| 26 | In fact it had been blown away on a gust of wind as soon as the crate was opened in Liverpool and was never seen again . |
| 27 | In fact it had been only with difficulty that the seller had managed to get rent from Mr. Fleck who was still in arrears . |
| 28 | In fact it had been open for some time already as had half a dozen other places within easy walk because America believes in man 's inalienable right to eat whenever he is awake . |
| 29 | You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now . |
| 30 | ‘ In fact it 's been a great few weeks for me . |