Example sentences of "[adj] thing that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In fact , it 's been one of the most exciting things that I 've worked on and it 's certainly changed my career . ’ |
| 2 | There was different th different things that we used to used to do , I mean erm that was Sunday taken care of . |
| 3 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 4 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 5 | No he can be an American dream and he can also represent Russia because they 're different things that you 're talking about . |
| 6 | you see and they 're asking for people who could ref who could , you know , give references to cos like put all these , all , down on these different things that you want like you know , say you want but then a lot of people just put down small business and management , something like that . |
| 7 | ‘ When we were real little , my Dad was into anything from The Chieftains to Sly & The Family Stone , to Joe Cocker , to Buffalo Springfield ; there were so many different things that he loved . |
| 8 | The the the in order to get by pupils writing these er rather immature things that they write on the |
| 9 | ‘ You mean that the world was once so simple , and suddenly it 's full of amazingly interesting things that you 'll never ever get to the end of as long as you live . |
| 10 | One of the interesting things that I do is go every so often and talk to groups of British civil servants who are going to spend some of them a week some of them up to six weeks on an exchange visit erm with the French civil service , in an attempt to learn a certain amount erm about how the system works , both so that they will be able to understand more easily when it comes to joint erm ventures , joint matters , joint policies , what the other side is doing and the pressures within which it 's operating , and also so that sometimes they may be able to learn things , and pick up useful tips and hints about the way to handle a particular problem . |
| 11 | No he said , I ah that was the one immature thing that I did n't want anyone to say |
| 12 | But it 's an interesting thing that you think that because there 's a woman Prime Minister she should choose women . |
| 13 | Do you feel like it 's almost like doing a different thing that you 're not , you know when you 're actually acting in the play you 're more self conscious and you 're more conscious of what you 're you 're moving and you 're speaking and whereas the likes of the panto you know you just be yourself really with a bit of fun thrown in . |
| 14 | So terrified of doing the wrong thing that they do nothing at all — except bleat like sheep about their petty rules and regulations and their morality . |
| 15 | ‘ These are from the Northern and Southern Railway Company , ’ he said , ‘ to say thank you for the brave and sensible thing that you did to save the train . ’ |
| 16 | But , foolish thing that I am , this poor Miss Sally Godfrey runs in my head ! |
| 17 | Still if you already have a spreadsheet machine adding a coprocessor is one of the few easy things that you can do to speed it up . |
| 18 | ‘ A lot of very personal things that I 'm sure you do n't wish to answer . |
| 19 | These poets are trying to speak for the lost generations , condemned forever to inarticulacy ; and to speak aloud about simple things that they had been forbidden even to think about . |
| 20 | Let's be honest , I did n't wan na see good sections , I wan na see strong sections , I wan na see vibrant sections , but I also want to see the truth in those documents when it comes back afterwards , so I 'm disappointed on this issue and er I hope something in future will be done about to report the real things that we discussed at conference as well . |
| 21 | May maybe if you had one of those erm little rechargeable things that you did n't have to go and round with leads and things , faffing about you could |
| 22 | But I mean I must admit on the side of some men , it 's not actually an individual thing that I totally blame it on , although men , you know , have their responsibilities . |
| 23 | I think there 's a more serious thing that we have n't actually touched on which is that many people feel that they are discriminated against when they go for certain posts |
| 24 | You 've only got to solve the silly simple thing that they give you which is |
| 25 | Well if we put their name and address and phone number on it , I mean it 's probably just as well to use a standard thing that you can xerox . |
| 26 | Indeed , one of the most disgraceful things that we have seen in the Chamber this week was the Maastricht agreement which , in terms of social policy , means that the opportunity to do so much to support the family , children and working mothers has been lost . |
| 27 | It it 's one of those unfortunate things that I mean I think we 've we 've got to look around and see what we can do about . |
| 28 | This is high-minded and perhaps romantic , but so is the opposition : so are the large things that they want , like freedom and justice . |
| 29 | While you 're thinking about it , there are three quick things that you might like to add in , one is on page seventy-four , which , erm seventy-four ? |
| 30 | He goes out for about an hour on a Saturday if I , if he 's forced out I said , out oh get out please yeah they 're not the ideal things that they should be wearing , but , like because the |