Example sentences of "the only [adj] thing was that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only surprising thing was that it was all less irksome than he had imagined . |
| 2 | Wickham 's initial feeling was that if it were true the only surprising thing was that Barron had not flown away sooner . |
| 3 | The only curious thing was that I found in my room a handbill from a Frenchman trying to solicit backers to export parchment to France and import wine into England . |
| 4 | In the afternoon I had thought that the only important thing was that I was alive , now I wished that I was dead . |
| 5 | ‘ The only puzzling thing was that he kept muttering , ‘ There were only thirty-one , there were only thirty-one ’ . ’ |