Example sentences of "one thing [conj] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And whatever else the decor was or the show was that night , whatever city we were all supposed to be in , one thing that was always the same and that Madame never got rid of was the ceiling . |
| 2 | One thing that was clear from the visit of the Aussies is the importance of public relations . |
| 3 | She thought about playing her harmonica , but that seemed to be the one thing that was n't in her bag . |
| 4 | Russell does not say what form the ‘ complicated arguments ’ about the validity of this argument might take , but the chapter in which it occurs is entitled ‘ Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description ’ , so it is reasonable to suppose that one thing that was bothering Russell was the possibility that a person who meaningfully uses the word ‘ I ’ does so in virtue of knowing something which he calls ‘ I ’ not by acquaintance , but by description . |
| 5 | I I on picking up on one thing that was said |
| 6 | So there were two things that er well or perhaps more than two from matters arising from the minutes , er the Chad for the tickets , I think was one thing that was , |
| 7 | But Barrymore said one thing that was not true . |
| 8 | Quite what that meant is unclear and perhaps was unclear then ( the terms of the 817 Ordinatio would have needed updating anyway since Pippin I had died ) ; but the one thing that was perfectly clear was that Lothar was abrogating the 839 division-plan. |
| 9 | That was one thing that was missing . |
| 10 | So one thing that was mentioned this morning was somebody wanted to be able to be more persuasive in order to put a point of view across . |
| 11 | That was the one thing that was that I read in the books that it was kind of tradition for the men to wear black . |
| 12 | One thing that was missing ! |
| 13 | The one thing that was going on in Christ Church was good — did you see the exhibition , the exhibition |