Example sentences of "only thing that [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the only thing that was important about the film was its length and the ill omens it offered for the future . |
| 2 | The only thing that was to him suspicious , was apart from the normality of liaisons at the hospital , there was no mention of a man in her life . |
| 3 | The only thing that was quite extraordinary was what I found when I got as far as the back premises . |
| 4 | The harbour wall was made of solid concrete in fact the only thing that was n't concrete was the wood that ran down the harbour wall . |
| 5 | The only thing that was missing was any audience . |
| 6 | They passed the fountain , which still lay in darkness , having beaten Stephen and the team of electricians he had had working until minutes before the guests ' arrival — the one and only thing that was not finished . |
| 7 | The only thing that was any dearer to him now than it had been when he started was his picture of the murdered woman . |
| 8 | And all the time the only thing that was going on was a cruel deception . ’ |
| 9 | There was a fried chicken place open on Baker Street , about the only thing that was . |
| 10 | The only thing that was different is that , that it 's not starting on the same |
| 11 | And there was this , there was this no conclusive evidence , the only , the only thing that was that , that these and make the said there was only one man definite I R A |