Example sentences of "fact that she have " in BNC.

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31 Dinah thanked her salary for the latter 's white-painted existence , and the fact that she had thrashed Lilian enough to ensure silence among the rest .
32 The fact that she had been the ship that had sunk the Rawalpindi and killed my father did not seem to me to be a valid reason for omitting her from the series , for apart from the utter impersonality of a modern sea battle , she was by far the most successful of all the major German surface ships as well as being the happiest .
33 The fact that she had n't seen her prospective husband since she was ten was neither here nor there .
34 Pulling out a small pen torch he illuminated Chrissie 's small car , its green paintwork dulled with dust and the fact that she had n't cleaned or waxed it for months .
35 I saw now exactly why , when General Francis 's name came up , Daisy bemoaned the fact that she had not been born twenty years earlier .
36 Her temper was caused by the fact that she had a terrible suspicion that what they said was true .
37 For the first time since her escape she was very conscious of the fact that she had given birth only a month before and could even fancy she felt a pulling sensation where the fundament stitches had been .
38 Topaz Chilcott walked behind her family , hanging back a little as if to emphasise the fact that she had never really been accepted by it .
39 The landlord was aware of the fact that she had made that application but , notwithstanding that , on 4 December 1989 he applied for execution .
40 My sister , Mrs Joe Gargery , was very proud of the fact that she had brought me up ‘ by hand ’ .
41 This support need not be related to departmental business : in her diary entry for 4 March 1976 Barbara Castle , then Secretary of State for Health and Social Security , bewails the fact that she had no briefing for the Cabinet discussion of the defence review because her political adviser , Jack Straw , was out of action because of a family bereavement .
42 She would be falsely modest not to acknowledge the fact that she had come a very long way since those days when she had been a thin , gawky adolescent .
43 The fact that she had no money of her own did n't strike her as an obstacle ; the Suffragettes had reinforced her natural contempt for people who worried about money .
44 I wanted to ask whether she thought her own life unwasted and whether the fact that she had given birth to me was sufficient justification for it .
45 The fact that she had implied that she intended to withdraw from the arrangement as soon as it was convenient did not matter , Jehan thought , unless Alexei 's character was to provide the excuse …
46 Clare moved on purposefully , as if it was necessary to disguise the fact that she had no money .
47 As she stood in the hall , the recollection of the high-pitched voice seemed almost eerie to Mrs Blakey ; so did the fact that she had n't bothered to think about the call-box signal .
48 One of the doctors reckoned that the fact that she had not fought against the attack but handed the outcome over to God could well have saved her life .
49 His opinion had been reinforced by the fact that she had agreed to sail with Clive .
50 ‘ Anyway , who owns this place ? ’ she went on , trying to cover up the fact that she had been thrown rather off balance by that last challenge .
51 That and the fact that she had managed to stir all those self-doubts that had been hovering at the back of her mind .
52 It was made all the more infuriating by the fact that she had dressed with more than usual care , splashing out far more than she could afford on a red silk jersey creation from an expensive boutique .
53 And the fact that she had sent him away before he 'd had time to betray her was cold comfort , set against the enormity of that loss .
54 Her tone betrayed the fact that she had been keyed up about it ever since the procedure had been done this morning at the obstetrician 's consulting-rooms , and Belinda hoped Faye had been keeping careful tabs on her blood-sugar level in case it was being affected by her mood .
55 The reluctance with which Luke released her was palpable , his expression drawn into lines of hostility , and as she sat up , and then stood , Maria found herself deriving a savagely biting joy from the fact that she had surprised him .
56 The fact that she had expected to be cosseted by the subjects of her own journalistic attentions in the past had made her no warier of the reporters she was inviting .
57 He did not love her , but she would make a remarkable duchess , and the fact that she had inherited more than her share of her papa 's famous shrewdness was a bonus which would assist the Blaines and make their future secure .
58 The fact that she had been protecting Ana brought a flashing glance from Felipe but he did not soften at all .
59 Aside from the fact that she had n't slept well last night , she was not a ‘ morning person ’ as a rule , and half-past five — even in summer — seemed like the middle of the night .
60 The fact that she had to send you must have told you that , yet you came here without admitting your relationship to her .
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