Example sentences of "fact that she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is perhaps of great importance is the fact that she challenged the decision of her employers and won the case against all odds . |
| 2 | He had chosen to ignore the fact that she took out her frustrations on Carla . |
| 3 | The fact that she addressed the latter formally , as lady Anne , was the one concession to rank and status — and even that was frequently disregarded when the girls were alone … |
| 4 | Germany 's economic strength derives from the fact that she saturates the EC and Eastern Europe with her exports . |
| 5 | This was also the result in the 1989 election but a number of new SDLP councillors will be replacing familiar faces including William McCorriston who split from the party and ran as Independent SDLP and Annie Gallagher who did not seek re-election despite the fact that she topped the poll in 1989 . |
| 6 | He was instantly taken by the oozy Frenchness of her and the fact that she looked so much like himself . |
| 7 | But the luxurious tropical oasis that was the Hamiltons ' house , and the fact that she saw Tom every day and had become friends with him , had led her to drop her guard without fully realising that she had done so , and now she was utterly vulnerable to him . |
| 8 | She caught her breath , a strange little movement in her face betraying the fact that she thought she had been tricked by him . |
| 9 | She hesitated while searching for an answer that would not betray the fact that she longed to remain in Stella 's place but that she feared for her own emotional state . |
| 10 | He loved her humour and the fact that she treated him as an equal , although their business was always conducted on the most formal lines . |
| 11 | Apart from the fact that she felt extremely foolish , her fears were now actually affecting her life and she felt that soon she would not be able to leave the house at all . |
| 12 | ‘ I expect you would be a good judge of that , ’ she snapped , hating the fact that she felt less annoyed at finding him in the room than at the thought of all the other women he was comparing her to . |
| 13 | She was twisting in his arms , hating the soft , insolent tone of his voice , the smug little smile on his mouth , hating , too , the fact that she felt powerless . |
| 14 | She would have similarly to hide from his employer the fact that she felt a wreck inside . |
| 15 | A profound depression set in at the same time , despite the fact that she knew her bowel symptoms could now be controlled quite easily . |
| 16 | In addition it is clear from the transcript that she , very naturally , attached great importance to the fact that she knew the staff at the unit , had two friends there and , perhaps even more important , had a great bond with a lady who was assisting in her treatment . |
| 17 | Alexander Vass , the shipping magnate who had recently taken over the local firm of G.W. Fashions after a bitter struggle with his rivals , she had expected to be a man well into middle age , in spite of the fact that she knew him to be single . |
| 18 | He was blocking her exit now and was enjoying the fact that she knew it . |
| 19 | He really was the most annoying , irritating man she had ever met , and if it had n't been for the fact that she knew he would carry out his threat and have her sacked she would have refused point-blank to go tonight . |
| 20 | Despite the fact that she knew that it was pointless , Fran began to struggle , pride and a fierce determination not to give in making her twist and turn in his hold . |
| 21 | She would just confront him with the fact that she knew about Flint Investments of New York , and see what he said . |
| 22 | In fact her resistance to the ‘ sense ’ of the question is due to the fact that she understands it first in the context of legal discourse : ‘ She had a brief glimpse of a mediaeval bureaucrat … issuing a proclamation : ‘ From 23.59 on the 16th April 1340 , dipthongisation will be optional in the County of Kent ’ ' ( 5 ) . |
| 23 | He was shaking now , taking in the fact that she meant it , feeling his heart begin to twist and crinkle like the burning books in Fahrenheit 451 . |
| 24 | Peony looked suitably chastened , but there was a glint in her eye that told Peggy there was plenty more she could say , and would say , if it were n't for the fact that she adored the Vicar with a passion that bordered on the obsessive . |
| 25 | Apart from the fact that she believed her teeth to be on the point of falling out , she had not had her period for several weeks and was afraid that she was barren . |
| 26 | Why , I know for a fact that she left here to go with them , and half a dozen trunks went with her . ’ |
| 27 | Erm , what about the fact that she does want to er keep her looks and be fashionable then does n't she ? |
| 28 | Her luck lies in the fact that she possesses little to recommend except for her good looks . |
| 29 | But these reports can not now be substantiated ; we are left with the bare fact that she spent the rest of her life in confinement . |
| 30 | The fact that she 'd already told the police did n't matter . |