Example sentences of "[num] thing i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one thing I thought of . |
| 2 | If there 's one thing I loathe about my job it 's having to be involved in examinations , even the GCSE . |
| 3 | Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun . |
| 4 | ‘ One thing I learnt in England : public opinion , the sum of private opinions , does matter , can matter often for good . ’ |
| 5 | One thing I had in common with Nigel was our National Health hearing aid . |
| 6 | Steve Pritchard , Burnage : ‘ No … that 's one thing I dislike about The Smiths . |
| 7 | One thing I realised about my renewal of my faith is that I had nothing to do with it ! |
| 8 | Jennings was right , and bright , to highlight one thing I said about the artistic choices behind the show . |
| 9 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 10 | One thing I know for certain is that after completing the first pitch it was only my experience as a climber to the lower E grades that got me through , and I wondered how a non-climber might have got on using the same information . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , one thing I know about Mr Coffin is that he was born in the early nineteen-twenties . |
| 12 | Brian Lane ( schoolteacher ) : ‘ One thing I remember about David was something that he did n't take part in , which was a concert held at the school in aid of a pavilion that was being put up by the parents and teachers , and being paid for by them . |
| 13 | Well , one thing I think with our attack at present , they 're attacking erm selected targets and that , and the Iraqi people are not suffering from that , so they are able to keep going , they 're not being damaged themselves . |
| 14 | The one thing I wanted to erm bring up in this meeting , |
| 15 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 16 | But the o the one thing I wan na say is that erm we need to do all we can to keep the c the over-run down to as low a figure as possible , and that 's our job . |
| 17 | No that 's one thing I missed about Christmas . |
| 18 | I can do all those nice things in Jan , Feb and March , and not to mention when I get home tearing my garden to pieces , that 's gone to pot , which is as well , because it does n't make it , see , see one thing I find about coming down here , I see the really smarter shops than I would unless I were in Norwich and it makes me realise still after this , I do n't crave for the things in shops . |