Example sentences of "[num ord] thing [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second thing we need to do is to lobby for the repeal of the unwinding of the safety net . |
| 2 | The second thing we have to do is restructure the way we organize mental health care . |
| 3 | The second thing I learned to cook after cakes was omelettes , which I still enjoy making , and I try all sorts of fillings — herbs , tomatoes , mushrooms . |
| 4 | We decided one of our first things we had to do was decide on a sequence of construction for these tanks . |
| 5 | One of the first things we need to do if we wish to consider sexuality without personal hang-ups getting in the way is to get over our revulsion against sexual terms . |
| 6 | It 's one of the first things you have to face up to . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the first things I had to learn by heart when I went to Maythorpe House was a poem by an Englishman , Laurence Binyon . |
| 8 | The first things I did came a cropper . |
| 9 | His grey whipcord coat with its black velvet collar hung open , and he came quickly across with that purposeful step which was one of the first things she had noticed about him . |
| 10 | When a retailer sets up a new business , one of the first things he has to do is draw up a plan of the shop floor . |
| 11 | She had enjoyed the classes but the first thing they had taught her was how much she did not know , denting her confidence somewhat , and she was still terrified of the daunting Mrs Frampton-Cox . |
| 12 | The first thing they had to do , and oh this is a difficult one ! |
| 13 | This is the first thing they want to do . ’ |
| 14 | For daily operation and domestic use , of course , the Electricity and Gas Authorities , they have to predict the amount of gas or electricity required , and the first thing they have to think about is what is the weather expected ? |
| 15 | Right okay what he is saying is erm that first of all the peasants hit the landlords politically erm and the first thing they wanted to do was smash the political prestige and power of the landlord class erm without victory in this struggle no victory is possible in the economic struggle to reduce rent and interest er to secure land and other factors of production . |
| 16 | The first thing we had to do was to repent of our childish attitude . |
| 17 | So I decided the first thing we had to do was define the difference between lead gear and bass gear , so we had to completely change the look . |
| 18 | The first thing we had to do , therefore , was to determine what counted as truancy . |
| 19 | and your instrument panel started showing that the wheels had fallen off and one wheel was on fire first thing we had to think was are the reading correct ! |
| 20 | ‘ First thing we 've got to do is get the tarpaulin off , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Well , I suppose the very first thing we 've got ta ask is just , who or what are these ninety nine sheep ? |
| 22 | Okay , first thing we 've got to derive , we 'll do a couple of examples , let's have an employed client , and self employed , because when we start from differs , depending on whether employed or self- employed . |
| 23 | So although this is fifty pence when you show it on here the fir so the first thing we 've got to do is change this fifty pence to get away from fifty pence or thirty pence or twenty and change it into a fraction . |
| 24 | If you are , what I want you to do is to , to create a , a team plan and the first thing we need to decide in that team plan is where do we wan na get ? |
| 25 | The first thing we need to do is to set up the vertical grid on the page . |
| 26 | Am I right in saying then i i is the first thing we need to agree on whether we 're gon na have a staff comment , and a pupil comment on there is tha , is that the first decision ? |
| 27 | First thing we want to have a look at is how it generalizes . |
| 28 | ‘ The first thing we have to do is analyse the playing strength and establish the club 's needs . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , that 's the first thing we have to make him see , then we need to get him to come in for regular counselling sessions . ’ |
| 30 | Of course the first thing we have to find out is whether your heart is in it ? ’ |