Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] thing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And finally she said , ‘ That 's the most vulgar thing I 've ever seen in my life . ’ |
| 2 | As Sheila Kitzinger , the birth expert , wrote : ‘ The most undermining thing you can do to a woman in labour is to encourage her to feel sorry for herself . ’ |
| 3 | The most revealing thing he said , though , was that his image of rugby is a lot of guys putting their heads together and getting dirty and drinking beer after the game . |
| 4 | There is also a mention if the cargo contribution to airlines which for the passenger carriers is , at 50 per cent return on revenue , the most profitable thing they have in the market at the moment . |
| 5 | It 's the most profitable thing you can do . |
| 6 | ‘ The most foolish thing I ever did was take her to the Foundling . |
| 7 | She considers this ‘ probably the most exciting thing I 've been involved with . |
| 8 | ‘ I was there for her birth and it was the most exciting thing I have ever experienced ! ’ exclaimed the father of the baby , and the owner of a home movie of strictly limited appeal . |
| 9 | ‘ Playing pool is about the most exciting thing I do now . ’ |
| 10 | If you saw it over the weekend I mean there was I think it was group sex er it was it wa was gay sex and it was all going on I mean it was all I thought it was the most exciting thing I have seen for a long time to be quite honest . |
| 11 | Most to the point is Stendhal : ‘ I shall say nothing of Pompeii : it is the most astonishing , most fascinating , most entertaining thing I have ever come across ; only there can one get to know the ancient world . ’ |
| 12 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 13 | There 's enough examples of that and you read , the most peculiar thing I , I think I was telling , I do n't know if I was telling Iris I have a notion I had , had it in my mind to tell you and you turned up with this blind girl to do this M C |
| 14 | — the most interesting thing he has to say is that sadism and masochism are always present in the same person : a masochist is a frustrated sadist , and a sadist is a frustrated masochist . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ In fact , it 's permanently in storage and it 's probably the most interesting thing he ever painted , but the subject matter makes it a little , how shall I put it , undesirable for public display . ’ |
| 16 | And that , I am afraid , is just about the most interesting thing you can say about it . |
| 17 | What think think wha what 's the most interesting thing you 've |
| 18 | This was the most interesting thing she had ever heard Elizabeth say , because it had undertones of cynicism , of self-mockery . |
| 19 | I 've only been in Dick 's flat once and the most interesting thing I 've gleaned about him is that he never uses washing-up liquid and he has a rather interesting pile of yellowing press cuttings sitting on a shelf . |
| 20 | They are the most popular thing we sell , ’ she said . |
| 21 | It had six million viewers and it 's by far the most popular thing I 've done , but I do think it was watched by all types and ages of people . ’ |
| 22 | Also , a wimpy , terror-free version of ‘ All Along The Watchtower ’ is the most superfluous thing you 'll come across . |
| 23 | So another thing we said on our list or your list what you put up here was visuals . |
| 24 | So erm you can actually get round that by erm either reducing the estate , which is the simplest way of doing it , so one thing you can do is spend your money , which is n't a problem is it ? |
| 25 | In fact , he was telling me only the other week , about the the number of criminals that he knows , they 're serving their they 're serving sentences , and they 're only one thing they 're longing and hoping for , it is get out , so they can knock another old lady down , |
| 26 | There 's only one thing we do n't anticipate doing this forthcoming decade , and that 's standing on our laurels . |
| 27 | There was only one thing she could think of to do . |
| 28 | There seemed to be only one thing she could do . |
| 29 | Only one thing she drew the line at and that was when the prostitution took up bairns . |
| 30 | There was only one thing she could do , though everything within her rebelled against it . |