Example sentences of "[prep] fact [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | As a matter of fact we would , tomorrow . |
2 | As a matter of fact we were like two atom bombs — we 'd go off together and there would be this tremendous explosion but we 'd come down together , too . |
3 | As a matter of fact we know that , at least in complicated animals , many features of the rules are profoundly modified by experience . |
4 | As a matter of fact we had some too , with a bottle of white wine for breakfast next day at M. Bérot 's lovely restaurant the Escale , at Carry-le-Rouet , across the hills from Martigues and overlooking a real honest-to-goodness , glorious postcard Mediterranean bay . |
5 | I remember being in one time , with both ends in , like I were talking about , and we have n't got a road out , we Matter of fact we were trying to break through to another district . |
6 | It were reasonable , quite re , er as a matter of fact we could afford to go on ho my father could afford to take us on a holiday every year . |
7 | As a matter of fact we happen to find certain religious images very beautiful . ’ |
8 | As a matter of fact we happen to find certain religious images very beautiful . ’ |
9 | So as a matter of fact we can we can actually fulfil their requirement . |
10 | As a matter of fact we want them back because first of all they left everything in Kuwait and left . |
11 | That is to say , they know what it would be like for God to exist , but as a matter of fact they do n't think that one does . |
12 | I hate the fact that , during election campaigns , we all have to suck up to the idiots , pay court to them , treat them as if they were intelligent , thoughtful stalwarts of democracy , careful weighers of pros and cons , when in point of fact they 're just idiots . |
13 | All the women were , and that 's true of of the hosiery industry , of course you 've got a a there 's a big distinction between the hosiery industry as such and the hosiery finishing industry which was then the , they 're amalgamated now , but there were two entirely distinct unions , in tho Er as a matter of fact they n n they never met together . |
14 | I 'm saying as a matter of fact they are outside the equation , and that 's what 's wrong , because they 're certainly not upper class , they 're not middle class , but nor are they working class , are they ? |
15 | Yes , as a matter of fact it was . |
16 | Of course Wyvis Hall is mine , it 's always been a matter of fact it would be mine . |
17 | ‘ As a matter of fact it does . |
18 | So we sat there in the silence as if we knew each other well and had no need merely to talk ; and as a matter of fact it seemed in a way to suit the stillness of the day . |
19 | ‘ Yes , as a matter of fact it does . |
20 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was about your father-in-law 's business affairs that I wanted to talk to you . |
21 | ‘ No , as a matter of fact it was n't . |
22 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was while I was crossing one of the canals on my way back here that I happened to catch sight of you and your friend . |
23 | In strict point of fact it belongs to the National Health Service . |
24 | ‘ Yeah , as a matter of fact it did . |
25 | As a matter of fact it was rather a hush-hush sort of business . |
26 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was all a bit of a shock . |
27 | As a matter of fact he had , Constanza giving him short shrift . |
28 | I asked him if he had a fur-lined coat , he said as a matter of fact he had . |
29 | And and as a matter of fact he if er if ever you went to see him about anything and said , What about this , Les ? |
30 | As a matter of fact he 's buried in the same piece of ground as Peter Lawton and Mathew Bryce . |