Example sentences of "[art] [adj] thing i can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the funniest thing I can remember about Scarborough . |
| 2 | ‘ Spilt blood is quite the untidiest thing I can think of — much worse than milk . ’ |
| 3 | Nibbling , that 's the worse thing I can do . |
| 4 | Because she said if any of you move out she said unless you move into a but I , she said you , I got , the only things I can take are , is the , a chest of drawers |
| 5 | The only thing I can recollect from the briefing in relation to the operation and the way that was , it was erm o it was executed . |
| 6 | ‘ I think you 've lost hope , and the only thing I can tell you is that if you hang on hope will come back , and you must n't do anything until it does . ’ |
| 7 | The only thing I can tell you with certainty is that Master Meredith has n't been riding since the accident . |
| 8 | The only thing I can suggest is there 's a small pocket of fish causing the problem . |
| 9 | The silly thing is there is no divide on here and the only thing I can suggest really , there is a divide symbol in the computer that we can drag out but to drag it out every time it 's too boring really so I 'll think we use this I do n't like using this , but you see this symbol here , that 's what they really use for divide , so if you do that and a couple spaces , people will learn that that means divide , it 's all we can do really |
| 10 | If you say so sir , the only thing I can suggest is that fact that er that the noise the door opener was making and the fact I opened the door very shortly afterwards , he can only assume the door opener worked . |
| 11 | The only thing I can do now is to let out a great shout with you , ‘ Ça ira ’ for men and for people , believing that man is a world worth many times the world and that the most ardent ambitions are those which have the pride of Anonymity . |
| 12 | It 's the only thing I can do ’ . |
| 13 | You see , it is n't easy to get this kind of job without having had previous experience , and it 's the only thing I can do , because I 've no qualifications . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's the only thing I can do , ’ she snapped . |
| 15 | Now it 's me doing the only thing I can do because I have to make some money . " |
| 16 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
| 17 | The only thing I can do is straightforward police work . " |
| 18 | Well I was saying to Alison , the only thing I can do is when I phone him |
| 19 | the only thing I can do is to get somebody who does n't know , who |
| 20 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 21 | Well the only thing I can do |
| 22 | The only thing I can make is my normal , what I call a family fruit cake , which is very simple and quick i well not quick really but , I usually have it on when the Sunday roast 's doing so but erm and that 's about it , you know . |
| 23 | ‘ The only thing I can think of is that there is a convent near where I live , and they take a few elderly people . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The only thing I can think about now is being hard up . |
| 25 | Well that 's the only thing I can think of . |
| 26 | To keep them in my sights , I would have to hitch a lift on something shiny — Riva 's wedding ring is the only thing I can think of that might work . |
| 27 | Did n't know you , anything about you , and the only thing I can think of to explain it is that Maura , Donal 's sister , told him the name of the family I was looking for . |
| 28 | The only thing I can think of to say is : — |
| 29 | I know they have n't , so that 's the only thing I can think of is over there on er that |
| 30 | The only thing I can think about |