Example sentences of "[adj -est] thing i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ I signed for Palace on Friday the 13th ( of September ) last year — which was the worst thing I could have done . |
| 3 | It 's the hardest thing I could ask you to do . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Spilt blood is quite the untidiest thing I can think of — much worse than milk . ’ |
| 5 | It 's the funniest thing I can remember about Scarborough . |
| 6 | ‘ I went on a submarine trip when I was 16 , and it was the greatest thing I could imagine then to serve my country in a submarine . |
| 7 | the biggest thing I 'd shoot would be a little bird |
| 8 | Aunt Kit said that the best thing I could do initially was to train as a teacher . |
| 9 | Once again DEFECT is the best thing I could have done . |
| 10 | The best thing I can do is forget all about him , ’ she told a close friend . |
| 11 | As this is not a book on careers in advertising , the best thing I can do to give you an idea of the sort of people you might conceivably find in an agency is to refer you to the books by Norman Hart and Felicity Taylor ( see page 232 ) which describe them all very comprehensively . |
| 12 | And then I r I realized that the job was only gon na last a year , cos it 's only a year job , so the best thing I can do is to go all out for what I wan na do when I leave the centre . |
| 13 | The best thing I can do , with your permission , Council , is invite Inspector to talk about what we 're gon na do for er er a police section in . |
| 14 | But the best thing I can remember , Ruth thought , is the swing boats . |