Example sentences of "thing that [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I let your white flesh and your skinny body and your blond hair blot out things that would have made me shudder at home . |
| 2 | The three chief contenders for the leadership of the Socialist Party , when the ailing Andreas Papandreou hands it over , all tell you sensible things that would have got them drummed out of the party ten years ago . |
| 3 | They refused to examine particular complaints or cases , did not examine branch files and did not interview rank-and-file officers ; in other words , they did none of the things that would have had to be done to get at the truth . |
| 4 | Those are the things that may need replacing . |
| 5 | Well done Joy erm a nice summary of a complex book and er there 's obviously a lot of things that will have to go of the erm lecture on it next week , so really this is not due to be talked about . |
| 6 | One of the main things that must have happened in the early evolution of living organisms was an increase in the numbers of genes participating in such cooperatives . |
| 7 | One , that working with Frantz and Weymouth was one of the worst things that could have happened to The Mondays , and two , that they 've still got it assuming they 're produced by someone that understands them . |
| 8 | This fellow , who must be the only , or almost the only , surviving person outside Japan who has been the target of a nuclear bomb , and who knows what it 's like for real ( as opposed to the criminally bone-headed fantasising about nuclear war indulged in by our sillier soldiers and politicians ) , was not only matter-of-fact about it all , as though it was the sort of thing that might have happened to anyone , but he actually admitted that he had never given a thought to the possibility that he might be at risk as a result of the radiation he undoubtedly suffered at the time until recent weeks when various busybodies brought the matter to his attention . |
| 9 | He did n't want to get on worse terms with his mother , from whom he hoped to get a loan for his holiday in Greece , nor did he want the kind of thing that might have happened , his mother phoning hospitals or getting the police because they could have had an accident in Goblander . |
| 10 | Of course , there may be those who would argue that the entrenchment of the middle ground in power would be a good thing that would lead to moderate government and stable policies , but let them not argue that it would also be fair or would give the majority of people what they wanted of government . |
| 11 | The only thing that would have made it better was if it was in 3-D . ’ |
| 12 | The one thing that would have persuaded him to accept an invitation for the Stuttgart Ballet to go to South Africa would have been if he could show a really good black dancer working alongside the whites . |
| 13 | The sort of thing that would have delighted him a few months ago — he would have chuckled over its witty irreverence , and imagined with pleasure Clare 's shock and embarrassment had she come across it . |
| 14 | The only thing that could have stopped us was fog . |
| 15 | It was the only thing that could have made Sarah temporarily forget about James , and she was still awake with her thoughts when Ella 's snoring rattled to the rafters of the narrow attic room . |
| 16 | I 'd obtained the briefings and the weather was good , so there was only one thing that could have gone wrong . |
| 17 | Mr Simon and Mr Brown marvelled that they had done the run without a single hitch remarkable considering that in the two weeks before , every major thing that could have gone wrong had done so . |
| 18 | The worst thing that could have happened was … nothing . ’ |
| 19 | It was the best thing that could have happened to him — he was out of the way of everybody . |
| 20 | ‘ Andy , that 's the best thing that could have happened to you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ ANDY THAT 'S the best thing that could have happened to you . ’ |
| 22 | With hindsight , it was probably the best thing that could have happened to him , otherwise he would no doubt have ended up as a Bomber Pilot , and no-one knows better than I what a dead-end occupation that was . |
| 23 | Hatch said it : Jack Stone was the worst thing that could have happened to Chrissie . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps England winning is the best thing that could have happened to South African rugby . |
| 25 | I was angry as hell at the time and disappointed , too , for this was a strongly Labour-controlled council , but looking back now I realize that this was the best thing that could have happened to the group , for now we could present ourselves to the people of Rotherham as a genuine minority with a grievance . |
| 26 | ‘ Nothing to be sorry for ; it 's the best thing that could have happened . |
| 27 | In many ways the results are the best thing that could have happened and all is certainly not lost . |
| 28 | But , says WAYNE SHELFORD , much as it hurts , defeat was the best thing that could have happened … |
| 29 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps it 's the best thing that could have happened . |