Example sentences of "the odd thing was that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The odd thing was that he considered life to be at its quietest in the midst of the most thunderous , ear-splitting waves . |
| 2 | The odd thing was that Carol felt quite safe on it . |
| 3 | The odd thing was that , after he had entered the paint shop , he had felt as if a heavy wave of sadness had suddenly been lifted from out of him . |
| 4 | But the odd thing was that it did n't fill me with the slightest sense of humility or feelings about the separateness and ‘ otherness ’ of nature , but with sheer , shouting joy at sharing that old world on a new morning with my wild Scots kinfolk . |
| 5 | She saw then that saying this had been unpardonable , but the odd thing was that he did pardon her , and laughed , and quietly fished some of the soggy pills out of the sink in case he fancied one later after all . |
| 6 | Rain said nothing , reflecting that the odd thing was that it had taken Sabine Jourdain so long to outgrow her need of that relationship . |
| 7 | The odd thing was that once on reciprocal we should have passed near the Koln area , with its attendant flak and searchlights , but not a sign . |
| 8 | And the navigator replied in his normal Brummie voice : " Oh no , he is in the aircraft over there , " and the odd thing was that the flak left us and clobbered an aircraft near us , It was the dead-ringer of God 's voice that unnerved me , I put a stop to this impersonation of the Lord and , sadly . |