Example sentences of "[prep] fact [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact nothing binds him to life . |
| 2 | In fact they had none at all . |
| 3 | In fact it doubled itself in size every day . |
| 4 | Well in fact it showed it as an outstanding amount . |
| 5 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |
| 6 | Lunch was provided in a cafeteria and tea in a common room — an environment which sounds uncomfortably similar to that of more youthful days , and in fact he signed himself in one letter as " Advanced Student " . |
| 7 | In fact he knew nothing of importance about her at all . |
| 8 | There was no sense in which he " slowed down " , however , and in fact he compared himself to a travelling Sherlock Holmes . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact you strike me as the sort of poisonous little pockmark that will always be wrong ! |
| 10 | No matter what spreadsheet you currently use , if , in fact you use one at all , it will be capable of adding figures ( via a sum function ) multiplying , dividing , converting and so forth . |
| 11 | In fact I knew nothing of his family life — only that he came from the poorest part of the town , a row of " yards " containing tumbledown cottages , some of them evacuated because of their condition . |
| 12 | In fact I knew her for a tough-minded young woman with feminist leanings and rather more interest in student politics than would be helpful in her academic work . |
| 13 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 14 | In fact I had it in mind that she might be trained up to one of the women 's auxiliary services which justified themselves so splendidly in the last war — the WRENS , I mean , of course . |
| 15 | My original programme included the week 's Workshop in Jaipur and two lectures in Delhi , but in fact I found myself with many more professional engagements than this , through the Indian habit of ‘ cashing in ’ on one 's presence to arrange last minute lectures and seminars , and the Indian tendency to solicit one 's opinion of personal research , of Ph.D . |
| 16 | I did n't strap it up or anything like that — in fact I did nothing with it . |
| 17 | In fact I did one for , for erm one on for two years I think to ab about the same as that , just in pretty colours , but it went on and on . |
| 18 | Well , it did n't do them much good May Lee came and rescued me In fact she seized me by the arm ‘ Well ? ’ she said |
| 19 | If she has lost her partner to another woman , it will be assumed that she must be more beautiful , more clever , more sexy : in fact she wants her to be . |
| 20 | In fact she called him to her dressing room after the performance and all but ordered him to leave his normal persona behind . |
| 21 | In fact she did everything for me . |