Example sentences of "the [adj -est] thing [was/were] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The oddest thing was that he seemed to have no interest in Mandela at all . |
| 2 | The worst thing was that it appeared there was nothing they could do to stop it ; the players had hardly a shred of belief left in themselves , and Gower was unable to instil any . |
| 3 | The worst thing was that the tape was on metal spools and the resulting damage was not a complete wipe : there were still tantalising fragments of the recording left where the tape had been under the metal ‘ spokes ’ of the reel , I would be interested to know if this legend is true . |
| 4 | ‘ The worst thing was that there was a poster for one of our gigs which said ‘ Coming Soon : Therapy ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You know , the worst thing was that I missed it . ’ |
| 6 | I think the worst thing was that I could n't stop shaking . |