Example sentences of "thing that was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This being the thing that was most often said about him . |
| 2 | There were paintings stacked at the side of the room — whether finished or not , she did not know — but the thing that was most touching , the thing that stopped her forward momentum was a chair by the lower window , obviously placed to look out over the valley and the distant forest . |
| 3 | Russell 's carbine lay on the table , like he never went far without it ; another thing that was just like an Apache . |
| 4 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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. |