Example sentences of "the one thing [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then in the 18th century , either the choir was awful or the weather was awful , er nobody 's too sure which , but they then settled for just seeing the one thing they knew by memory which was this Eucharistic hymn : Todaym Parchym that they sang in the hall every night as a grace , and that 's how it 's gone on . |
| 2 | The one thing they have in common , however , is neglect — a lack of care , lack of knowledge and lack of money , all of which have contributed to their deterioration . |
| 3 | The one thing they seem to be trying to do now is obfuscation and delay er and I think we ought to voice our concern and I hope the Council will agree to ask the Town Clerk to express concern at the way it 's being handled . |
| 4 | The one thing we know for certain is that life has arisen once , here on this very planet . |
| 5 | " The one thing we regret about the move is that we ca n't still get HTV . |
| 6 | Love is the one thing we have against the implacable tyranny of time . |
| 7 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 8 | The one thing I wanted to erm bring up in this meeting , |
| 9 | But the o the one thing I wan na say is that erm we need to do all we can to keep the c the over-run down to as low a figure as possible , and that 's our job . |
| 10 | There is another leitmotif in this funny , happy ballet , the precious red umbrella , Alain 's only love — or so it would seem — for it is the one thing he clings to and simply has to find when he has lost Lise . |