Example sentences of "fact [was/were] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This in fact was what happened . |
| 2 | The plain fact was she had been terrified by her own reflection , and this was not lightly to be dismissed . |
| 3 | The fact was he felt like a child again , powerless against forces he could not understand — let alone control . |
| 4 | As we packed Charlie 's things in the attic , Dad and I talked about Charlie 's problem : the fact was he knew the band did n't have an original sound . |
| 5 | The plain fact was I had not grasped the magnitude of Edward 's task when he first unfolded it to me . |