Example sentences of "thing that [verb] i [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , there 's no end to the things that irritate me about television news — the inane scripts , for one . |
| 2 | Conservative loyalists said Mr Tebbit had made a blunder , but he showed no sign of backing off from ‘ one of the things that brought me into politics — the belief that immigration should be reduced ’ . |
| 3 | Cliff Bastin said of his celebrated partner : ‘ The first thing that struck me about Alex was his terrific self-confidence . |
| 4 | The first thing that struck me about Dana 's poems was his incredibly tiny script , an almost minuscule handwriting that was often difficult to decipher . |
| 5 | The one thing that drew me to Elsie was her disability . |
| 6 | The thing that disturbs me about statistics is that they can be interpreted to mean anything . |
| 7 | The thing that worries me about scientists is that they say one thing one day — like cholesterol is bad for you — and another thing the next day . ’ |