Example sentences of "[adj] thing [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So y you see there 's another s strange funny thing that can happen you see . |
| 2 | An American editor deleted a comment from one of her books when a father tells his daughter : ‘ Do n't bother about school because you 're a pretty little thing and will make someone a good wife . ’ |
| 3 | A spokesman for Durham constabulary said : ‘ Anything which aims to tackle the problems posed by solvent abuse has to be a good thing and would get our whole hearted support . ’ |
| 4 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 5 | It is very important to make the point that we are not interested in all aspects of a speaker 's pitch ; the only things that should interest us are those which carry some linguistic information . |
| 6 | The only thing that 'll touch it is an arc-welder — and it 's pretty conductive stuff too . |
| 7 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 8 | The only thing that would change them , he commented savagely , was when he became someone who earned a thousand guilder a year . |
| 9 | Isabel had scarcely felt the fiery rush of blood to her cheeks , the quick involuntary swelling of her flesh , before fitzAlan wrenched his hand away , transferring the reins from the other as if that was the only thing that would prevent him from touching her again . |
| 10 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 11 | The only thing that would save him would be work abroad . |
| 12 | Crystals is about the only thing that would use it . |
| 13 | The only thing that could get one down — as it eventually did his American television followers — was his high-pitched , breathless , Scots delivery . |
| 14 | A soak in a hot tub , brimming with scented foam , was about the only thing that could soothe her wounded spirits . |
| 15 | ‘ We know the operation is the only thing that will make her quality of life better . |
| 16 | The only thing that will make them change their attitudes will be knowing someone with AIDS and watching them decline . |
| 17 | It is the only thing that will stir out sleeping brethren , the only thing that will make them fight and not cooperate . |
| 18 | In the vocabulary of people in the retail trade , equipment means wallets being emptied into tills , especially if the purchase of that equipment is the only thing that will ensure they will live to come back and buy more . |
| 19 | ‘ It is the only thing that will defend us in the present crisis , ’ says Reddy . |
| 20 | You will have to think : the only thing that will get you by in life is your mind because you are not presentable in any other way . |
| 21 | And the only thing that will preserve us is ourselves . ’ |
| 22 | The only thing that will release us is the thing that imprisoned us . |
| 23 | He told The Scotsman the other day , ’ the only thing that can stop us is the Labour party . ’ |
| 24 | Teacher : Tell me some other things that will help me play him . |
| 25 | I mean , th there are other things that can give you a hit . |