Example sentences of "[num ord] thing [that] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first thing that Daniel did when he came back into the room was to remove the record and switch off the gramophone . |
| 2 | THE FIRST THING THAT PAULINE AND JOHN WILLIAMS HAD TO DO WHEN THEY MOVED INTO THEIR NEW HOME WAS BUILD A BRIDGE . |
| 3 | The first thing that Nigel got down to was , as I expected , fixing up his hi-fi , and on our very first evening that vast area reverberated with the great big beautiful noise of ‘ Also sprach Zarathustra ’ , so I felt truly at home . |
| 4 | The first thing that Britain needs is a new model for sector skills training . |
| 5 | The first thing that George found was that the work of fracture of wood was quite exceptionally high , although of course it has nothing resembling a dislocation mechanism to help it . |
| 6 | The last thing that Mrs Keppel would have been encouraged to do was to get a divorce . |
| 7 | What Adam said then was the last thing that Miranda expected . |
| 8 | Returning to Plumford was the last thing that Peter intended to do . |
| 9 | They were the last thing that Lucasta Redburn saw . |
| 10 | Not only does this mean that science is handled by a senior member of the Canadian cabinet — a tax lawyer who once said that the last thing that Canada needs is more tax lawyers — but also it means that science and technology are seen as a part of the process of economic development . |