Example sentences of "[adj] thing [conj] i have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In fact , it 's been one of the most exciting things that I 've worked on and it 's certainly changed my career . ’ |
2 | It 's not such a magnificent thing that I 've got pregnant , it 's just I 'm the only one that 's kept it . |
3 | In one way the length of the history was a good thing as I have benefited in the end from the latest surgical techniques available in London , and although I still have to be careful it has made a tremendous difference to my life . |
4 | It ca n't be that much of a great thing because I 've got , I 've got to go to a twenty first on Saturday . |
5 | One very important thing that I had noticed since we landed in Normandy five days ago was that no one had any problem with insomnia. quite the reverse . |
6 | But that , as far as I can make out , is the only thing that I 've benefited by , you know , with them being in . |
7 | I do n't know how to approach this , but this is me , Sarah , your pathetically vile big sister , not able to find the words , but hoping you can see what I 'm trying to do — what I 'm trying to say — and please , please believe me when I say that I 'm not trying to run away from what I 've done , but if I could change somehow — obliterate — one thing I 've done in my life , one truly awful thing that I have done , it would be this . |
8 | It was n't er , it was n't good to leave them about , you know what I mean and er oh er yes it 's been very important , if I might say so , certain things as I 've had been called upon to do and I 've been happy and proud to do it . |
9 | Okay , we can agree what I have said so far but then I 'm going to have to look at other things once I 've made further changes . |
10 | In some ways that was the classic sound that I had with Whitesnake , but that sound was n't usable in later , more AOR versions of either that band or even other things that I 've done ; all you can say is that it was right for that particular music . |
11 | This book is for Ear'ole , who has been as enthusiastic about my shop as she has been about all the other things that I have tackled , and then begged her to help with . |
12 | ‘ It did n't distress or alarm me in any way , certainly not as much as many other things that I have seen that have earned certificates ’ . |
13 | The only other thing that I 've thought I might do one day is do a country album . |
14 | but it 's also linked , I mean the other thing that I 've got at the back of my mind , is a kind of nightmare , is that when we were talking about the Festival around about March that you know , we spoke to Ingy er you know as a group and then that was all fine and we kept er going along and then , and then there was that sort of dreadful phone call I had from Linda along the lines as I 'm not sure if I 've got any describers |
15 | The horrible thing that I had created was standing by my bed . |