Example sentences of "one thing [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a thousand and one things I have to do . |
| 2 | One thing we discovered was that it is much faster for the team to close up as soon as the game starts and just hold that position as close to the next person as possible . |
| 3 | ‘ For one thing we 've hardly seen Tara and , for another , we do n't know what kind of spells and enchantments they might have strewn about . ’ |
| 4 | For one thing we 've all started peeing in the river again . |
| 5 | ‘ We happened to be at the mortuary … not that it will make any difference , but there is one thing we thought you would find interesting . ’ |
| 6 | Then that was one thing we had a good laugh at . |
| 7 | The one thing we know for certain is that life has arisen once , here on this very planet . |
| 8 | One thing we know for certain about global warming is that — whether fields get drier or damper , whether temperatures soar or only fluctuate — our crops will have to adjust quickly . |
| 9 | One thing we knew for sure — beyond here was the unknown , and it looked big . |
| 10 | Certainly , erm , it has changed this year , erm , but the arrangements now are , that we produce our report across the year , with i , and as you can appreciate the report summarises various , of one thing we done during the with officers around the county round the Erm , at the , at the end of November , we commit to writing this report in summary version , which we then discuss with the Chief Executive and the County Treasurer in particular , they take whatever soundings they wish with other offices and then we agree that letter . |
| 11 | " The one thing we regret about the move is that we ca n't still get HTV . |
| 12 | I , I think chairman in relation to the time off , I think erm I think that 's , that 's one thing we need to as area organizers , to actually try and er clarify |
| 13 | But we 're working on a tight schedule and if we 're gon na keep to it , there 's one thing we got ta do first . ’ |
| 14 | But one thing we share , wherever we may be , whatever we may do : we are all , men , women and children , patriots of this great land … ’ |
| 15 | One thing we experience in reading these poems is the many ways one human being can care about another . |
| 16 | ‘ One thing we do n't need in this subcontinent , ’ Professor Rokeya Kabeer observed , ‘ is spiritual guidance — we have gurus a dime a dozen . ’ |
| 17 | And one thing we do know from the work of really scientific psychologists — those of the behaviorist school — is that frustration creates an aggressive response , anger . |
| 18 | There 's only one thing we do n't anticipate doing this forthcoming decade , and that 's standing on our laurels . |
| 19 | The origins of HIV are uncertain yet one thing we do know is that HIV has the potential to affect everybody worldwide . |
| 20 | Yes good , that 's one thing we do , put the pieces back together again . |
| 21 | For one thing we do n't know what they 'd charge , and for another they might not understand about the Time Fire . |
| 22 | But on a serious note , if we go along this line of the one thing , to me then , of getting what we need , we have gas , we have electric , the one thing we do need , nobody could survive without , is water , Congress I ask you to support this m this motion . |
| 23 | I 'm not very good at that sort of thing but … one thing we do know is that the Bravoes know we 're involved . |
| 24 | Because one things we one thing we do n't have is people running other businesses alongside what we give them . |
| 25 | we will pay them for a start , that 's that 's the that 's the trouble with a lot other companies and er it would n't be professional of me to mention names , but let me tell you that er that 's one thing we do make sure that people erm get their money when when they 've earned it . |
| 26 | ‘ One thing we do need to stop is all this Doctor , Sister business . |
| 27 | While this may seem an unnecessary lesson — after all , most of us assume breathing is one thing we do know how to do — nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 28 | And one thing we do n't want is extra work . |
| 29 | One thing we do n't do is put the dog on the couch . |
| 30 | Love is the one thing we have against the implacable tyranny of time . |