Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] be [num] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Except that there 's one thing I find puzzling . |
| 2 | Karajan 's 1975 recording on DG is majestic , but it does n't excite me as it should , and I have to say that there are two performances I consistently turn to much more often : first , a Supraphon disc with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Lovro von Matàcic , a rugged and unjustly neglected account which deserves a much wider circulation ( . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've read a few books in my time , and there 's one thing I 've learned … there 's a difference between education and being well read . ’ |
| 4 | Oh and there 's one thing I did n't tell you : Moscow Centre 's on to the pattern . |
| 5 | Er — and there are two ways I might do it , right ? ’ |
| 6 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 7 | Now if there is one thing I absolutely can not stand , it is snoring . |
| 8 | ‘ If there is one thing I definitely need at this moment , it is a commentary on Italian traffic from a girl from the American midwest . ’ |
| 9 | If there 's one thing I 've learned out of the past six years , it 's that anybody can get out of anything if they try hard enough . ’ |
| 10 | Lies , Douglas , if there 's one thing I ca n't thole it 's a lie . |
| 11 | ‘ If there 's one thing I pride myself upon it 's my disgust of prying women . |
| 12 | If there 's one thing I think I 'm sure of , it 's the fact that I must marry Selina . |
| 13 | If there 's one thing I loathe about my job it 's having to be involved in examinations , even the GCSE . |
| 14 | I mean , if there 's one thing I 'm really excellent at , it 's crying . |
| 15 | And if there 's one thing I ca n't stand it 's the smell of curry . |
| 16 | He said if there 's one thing I always carry quite close to my heart and if you 'll just give me a minute I 'll take out . |
| 17 | As I remembered old nag , and he had his wife with her , you know , really do , if there 's one people I if there 's people in this world that I hate , it 's got to be the religion |
| 18 | I 'm not what you 'd call the retiring type , and I rarely flinch from a fight when I 'm sure of my own righteousness ; but there is one thing I can not cope with , and that is unprovoked aggression . |
| 19 | But there is one thing I do n't understand . |
| 20 | But there 's one date I do n't think I 'll ever forget . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know much about art , ’ said Crocker , sitting down and crossing one elegant lean leg over the other , ‘ but there 's one painting I would like to have . |
| 22 | ‘ But there 's one thing I do want to say . |
| 23 | But there 's one thing I 'll hold to , I 'll have my own bed tomorrow night and you make your own arrangements for next door . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've talked about several islands , ’ I said , ‘ but there 's one thing I ca n't get straight . ’ |
| 25 | But there 's one thing I 'd like to know — why the sun shines on the good and the bad just the same , ’ she said , her voice trembling . |
| 26 | Ours is not a kissing family — that is , what one might call social kissing ; but there was one person I always kissed , my husband 's Aunt Nesta . |
| 27 | I did n't want to become embroiled in yet another discussion of office politics and personalities , but there was one question I wanted to ask , if I could prevent the words slurring round my mouth . |
| 28 | Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where |
| 29 | But there was one thing I could do . |
| 30 | But there were two things I could do . |