Example sentences of "thing that has [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 He 's the only thing that has kept me going .
2 The essential driving force is always difficult to define but the one thing that has struck me about is his intolerance of injustice wherever it presents itself .
3 The only thing that has gone right for A.N.R. Robinson 's National Alliance for Reconstruction ( NAR ) since its election with a huge majority in 1986 was Saddam Hussein 's war .
4 ‘ Wickedly wasteful , I know , but I smashed it , and set up a new one and I have painted upon that new one the first thing that has given me real pleasure for years , oh , years and years .
5 Some living breathing thing that has succumbed to insanity , or been born that way , and which the Beastline and the Cruidlin have taken care of .
6 I 've been a ZZAP ! fan since Issue 68 , and I 'd like to say it 's the most amazing thing that has set foot on earth .
7 Deep down , he is convinced that he is the best thing that has happened to his country since the invention of goulash .
8 Meeting Arnold Palmer has been the greatest thing that has happened to me .
9 So the really important thing that has happened is not that the official forecasts have been wrong , it is that the New Consensus , having been tried in the balance since we joined the ERM and , indeed , during the past 12 years as a whole , has been found wanting .
10 He said : ‘ It is the worst thing that has happened in my life .
11 It seems to me that the really critical thing that has happened since the emergence of the gay movement is the affirmation of our identity through a sense of community , through an involvement with each other .
12 Peter Jackson , chief cat-man at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) , describes the development as the most encouraging thing that has happened to tigers for years .
13 This is certainly the worst thing that has happened to me ever .
14 ‘ I think that might be a very good thing , ’ she replied , ‘ This … this thing that has happened to us is unnatural and wrong .
15 Graphical User Interfaces are the best thing that has happened to computers .
16 He said : ’ I 'm aware that what we 're saying may be used but we do believe it is the most energising thing that has happened in my 21 years as a GP It has been good for care , public health and management . ’
17 I mean the one thing that has happened in recent times , and I do n't like prophecies so , I do n't wish to be a part of one , let's be clear about that , I 'm doing this as an analyst .
18 It is the sort of thing that has happened to most of us .
19 ‘ It is the best thing that has happened to train services on Teesside for very many years , ’ he said .
20 ‘ It is the best thing that has happened to train services on Teesside for years , ’ he said .
21 They have been going to stay with Jack regularly for years , and the only thing that has changed is that Jack does n't need a sub any more .
22 er , er the one thing that has come clear through er your submission Mr is that you 're not er in any way enamoured of the idea that there should be some scheme whereby your clients erm pay their central fund and demands and er , er , and erm maintain their counterclaim here after
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