Example sentences of "[art] fact [that] [pron] be do " in BNC.
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1 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | It was n't what I was doing that was turning her on but the fact that I was doing it there , doing it then , in front of her husband and her husband 's partner and her husband 's partner 's wife and one of her own colleagues . |
4 | ‘ I got round them by selling to them the fact that I was doing what they wanted me to do which was to get out into the business world and make contacts . |
5 | As Bryan points out , this has a lot to do with the fact that he 's doing two jobs … |
6 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
7 | It is impossible to say to what extent Cézanne was aware of the fact that he was doing this , and in the process breaking the laws of scientific linear perspective , but it seems likely that it was part of a natural desire to emphasize the two-dimensional aspect of the canvas while continuing to explain the nature of objects and also insisting on their solidity by modelling them as fully as possible . |
8 | That other people think the job has been well done is far more important to him , he says , than the fact that it was done by him . |
9 | That 's right but I think j I think just the fact that you 're doing psychology and then psychology again in a way I think that 's the pr I agree with you , what you 're really saying is , I mean how many people would object , or how many people would prefer to have the straight two hours rather than the two single hours ? |
10 | Sometimes the fact that you are doing something concrete to help someone with whom you can empathise can help you to forget your own personal misgivings . |