Example sentences of "thing that [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing that particularly attracted her to seeking his assistance now was that he , more than any of the other lily-skinned boys she 'd seduced , had been terrified of his family discovering his stealthy dalliance with the poisoner 's wife . |
| 2 | Because certainly the thing that particularly struck me about these design and technology A levels which so often seem to be sort of er erm a contrived project , not not a real one . |
| 3 | Curiously , Larry Turman told Arthur Hiller that the thing that finally swayed them towards Dustin was his 45-second spot in The Tiger Makes Out . |
| 4 | Strangely enough it was a tiny thing that suddenly gave her confidence again — her hair . |
| 5 | ‘ Not the usual kind of student 's flat , ’ muttered the Marshal , surprised to find his feet walking on fitted carpet , a thing that only happened to him in the lobbies of hotels he was checking on . |
| 6 | Poland was not even in the same shape or place as it had been , and virtually the only thing that now united the Poles of the different partition experiences , religious beliefs and political outlooks was a new found sense of Polish national feeling . |
| 7 | The thing that really motivated me was seeing the 1968 Olympics ; I saw Thommie Smith and thought , ‘ God , that 's it ! ’ |
| 8 | The only thing that really happened was that my mum got a divorce in 1972 on the grounds that he had sexually assaulted me and there was mental cruelty to her . |
| 9 | I think the thing that really upset him was seeing Werewolf slide across the BMW 's bonnet to get to the driver 's door . |
| 10 | And another thing that sometimes had to be done was writing out off er the they did n't put er notices in shop windows or anything . |
| 11 | One thing that quickly became apparent in the aftermath of the Bank Holiday affair was that the Hooligans all looked alike . |
| 12 | The family wanted a three inch carving of the bear on the headstone , to symbolise the only thing that ever belonged to tragic Sophie , but the church has said no . |
| 13 | The only thing that ever seemed to hit was letting you think she was my lover . ’ |
| 14 | For all the pay rises in the world , the finest thing that ever came out of the pit was a bath . |
| 15 | The blackest thing that ever wore a fleece . |
| 16 | My life would have been much poorer without Brownsea Island , and I always think that the National Trust was the best thing that ever happened to me . |
| 17 | It 's the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me ! ) . |
| 18 | She did n't try overhard , she just wanted to let me know I was secure with her , that the break-up of my parents ' marriage was n't the worst thing that ever happened , and that she had enough love to cover us all . |
| 19 | It was the best thing that ever happened to me , really , to be asked by my hero . |
| 20 | But this week 's award goes to MR CLIFF RICHARD , for his assertion that , ‘ I could do a nude video and it would be the biggest thing that ever happened in Britain . ’ |
| 21 | He now has four children , and insists that having kids early ‘ was the greatest thing that ever happened to me . |
| 22 | Kathy : Scott is the best thing that ever happened to us . |
| 23 | The most moving thing that ever happened to them , they say — but secretly I think it is all to do with stealing thunder from the women . |
| 24 | Like all old miners , he remembered the coming of the pit baths , they were the best thing that ever happened , he said . |
| 25 | And it was a wicked cowardice thing that ever happened |
| 26 | I 'm the biggest thing that ever happened in sports . |
| 27 | Loving you was the best thing that ever happened to me : I could never go with anyone else . |
| 28 | I know it 's the best thing that ever happened to me . |
| 29 | I 've spent thirty years as a Company Shock Trooper , and IMC 's the best thing that ever happened to me . |
| 30 | ‘ Cancer best thing that ever happened to me ’ |