Example sentences of "thing [conj] [be] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Y'know it 's it 's one of these things that is n't confined to a particular region , is n't confined to a particular class or ethnic group or anything like that .
2 ‘ One of the things that is often said about the success of British athletics at the moment is that it hides an awful lot that 's wrong .
3 things that are not driven by an engine
4 I learnt things that are neither discussed in manuals nor by hardened divers who have seen it all before .
5 Well , ducky … it 's to do with things that are n't spoken of … ’
6 With 20 : 20 vision , hindsight is very easy , but if only some of the things that are now happening at Asfordby had been accepted more readily a few years ago , we might well have been having a very different debate today .
7 I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price .
8 The rent cheque was , to my surprise , a few pounds short of the amount I was actually paying — certain deductions had been made for lighting and other odd things that were technically included in my monthly rent .
9 So it was things that was n't too heavy to carry but things that was always needed in a house and that you could run out of .
10 It has been true in parts for a period of British politics but it is not the theoretical key to unlock the essence of things as was once thought to be the case .
11 Well it was at night and I mean I was lucky enough to be working which is a thing that 's probably accounted for saving a lot of people .
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