Example sentences of "[num] and one thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm oh there were a thousand and one things I I ca n't really erm you know they they were always they were at it hammer and tongs you know they had er s what would be called something similar to a steam hammer and you know . |
| 2 | I 've got a thousand and one things I have to do . |
| 3 | She did have a thousand and one things to do , though there was n't a single one of them that could n't have waited . |
| 4 | The trouble is there 's a hundred and one things to do before we go . |
| 5 | In fact now she was away from him she could think of a hundred and one things she should have said — done — and what the hell was the matter with this damned car ? |
| 6 | For busy housewives , Christmas can present itself with other problems — over-excited children and a million and one things to do . |
| 7 | Preoccupied with thoughts of her school and its organisation — she must get brochures printed and order equipment-there would be much redecoration and rearrangement of the rooms at Moorlake she would have a million and one things to do before she got this project airborne — Sara looked at him blankly . |
| 8 | A million and one things can go wrong . |