Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the things I want to argue is that in order to construct certain exemplary models of antiracist policy and practice it has been necessary to operate in terms of a reductive representation of racism , one which not only scales down its reality , but ignores its more complex features . |
| 2 | One of the things you have to remember is that you do actually know quite a lot about how the media operate already . |
| 3 | One of the things we intend to do is issue new , revised guidelines on portrayal . |
| 4 | Right , but one of the things we have to remember is , and I know it 's sort of a sha , but you have the experience of last year and , that has to be shared you know to sort of cut the corners yo you 've got ta pass it back a year or up a year , whichever whatever happens and you 've made a very valid comment there and you need to make note of that that , you know somehow you have to work round Rob to get it |
| 5 | You know , so , I mean , in a way , it 's more for a new parish council coming together erm you know , perhaps one of the , the most important things we have to learn is that it 's , it is difficult to be very specific because you know we 're not an action committee . |
| 6 | One of the things they have to do is to get your uric acid I think it 's called erm content correct . |
| 7 | The term suggests that the memory and reasoning processes of the people are predominantly visual ( though picture is also used of other senses ) ; one of the things they have to learn is to make abstractions from such data . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Yes but I ca n't receive expert evidence on that because that 's the very thing I have to decide is n't it ? |
| 10 | ‘ The only thing I have to hide is you . ’ |
| 11 | The last thing I want to see is local authorities skimping on the police . |
| 12 | The final thing I want to say is that , standing in this College , I urge you to support the work of the creche which is here in Rupert Stanley . |
| 13 | The last thing I want to do is to share a place with a couch potato . |
| 14 | The last thing I want to do is break the spell . |
| 15 | ‘ I mean , do n't let the fact I 'm the longest serving flat-dweller put you off ; the last thing I want to do is embarrass you , Gav , ’ I said ( just a tad tetchily ) . |
| 16 | ‘ The last thing I want to do is to offend you . |
| 17 | The last thing I want to do is talk . |
| 18 | Into the Movie Editor , and the first thing I want to do is get that background onto the screen . |
| 19 | ‘ The last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas or have him look forward to my visits simply because he knows I 'll arrive bearing gifts . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The last thing I want to do is break up your friendship . ’ |
| 21 | Once I am interested in an act 's music and I like their live performance , the first thing I want to know is where this new band sees itself going . |
| 22 | The only thing I want to hear is that they 've called it off . |
| 23 | And if I may just , that 's the last thing I need to say is the Christmas Fair dates somehow were muddled up and somebody put the wrong dates to the day , it 's Wednesday the sixteenth and Thursday the seventeenth . |
| 24 | fir , first thing I need to know is I have |
| 25 | So the only thing I need to address is finding time to put curriculum statement in and we need to clarify that situation so you know why you 're at and quite happy . |
| 26 | And the third thing I wanted to say is we 've got one or two handouts for you which are on the front table at the moment , about various broadcasting situations and press releases , the three coloured bits of paper . |
| 27 | But the first thing you tend to notice is her mouth . |
| 28 | When you have sent off your pristine cassette , your witty biography and your complimentary tickets , the next thing you need to do is make a follow-up call : ‘ Oh hello . |
| 29 | For practical navigation , the thing you need to know is how much the water level is likely to vary for different values of atmospheric pressure . |
| 30 | The first thing you need to know is that when they need to wear armour . |