Example sentences of "[adj] thing [conj] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rent cheque was , to my surprise , a few pounds short of the amount I was actually paying — certain deductions had been made for lighting and other odd things that were technically included in my monthly rent . |
| 2 | The only thing that 's really captured the city for me was Dermot Bolger 's novel The Journey Home , which used the city as a backdrop for a universal story . |
| 3 | They passed the fountain , which still lay in darkness , having beaten Stephen and the team of electricians he had had working until minutes before the guests ' arrival — the one and only thing that was not finished . |
| 4 | But then you 've not used it up , and so there 's certain things that are now going to happen . |
| 5 | They would drive away inward investors , make manufacturing investment much more difficult and defer the day when we improve our balance of trade in televisions , cars and all the other things that are now improving so strongly under the Government 's policies . |
| 6 | Bridget looked slightly bemused by the whole thing but was n't going to argue . |