Example sentences of "thing [pron] [modal v] [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , after my travails upon this sad world are done , the last thing I would want is to view eternity from the inside of a bottle . ’ |
| 2 | The only thing I would add is that you need to find out what you are good at ; you need to find out what it is you can contribute which other people ca n't and that is something which only you can find out for yourself . |
| 3 | ‘ One thing I would say is that we get inundated with rent-a-quote demands . |
| 4 | The other thing I would say is keep a reserve behind your front line . |
| 5 | The only thing I would say is never pay for anything in advance , particularly construction . |
| 6 | The other thing I would say is that the corporation were not at liberty to disregard their undertaking . |
| 7 | The only thing I would say is , is that we 're looking to er start in the next quarter various plans for maintenance routines one of which will be o , actually on furniture . |
| 8 | The only other thing I would say is erm |
| 9 | The other thing I would say is this that the management , whilst they very rarely agree with what Eric has got to say I 've never met a member of management at any level , at any level that does n't respect what he 's got to say and that 's a tremendous , er psychological blow before they even get round the table , because he 's completely disarming and his record in terms as vic er for , of victories , for individual members and groups of mem er , members , er , is legendary and I think apart from his ability it 's the respect in which he 's held by , by everybody , by everybody . |
| 10 | The only other thing I would say is that we have in the report used the words , freedom to run and since writing the report we have been advised that er that is capa not capable or satisfactorily with legal terms and I would suggest that instead of the words , freedom to run we use the words , access management and permissive rights of way , to cover these . |
| 11 | The only other thing I would say is that you 've got domiciliary health there on the bottom of page forty-three for the first time , a thing that we certainly asked for on your behalf . |
| 12 | One thing I should mention is that you 'd be advised to try and view these videos on a stereo VCR , as many of the recorded examples — panning , for example — are pretty meaningless otherwise . |
| 13 | There 's your job the first thing I should do is say well what are the key tasks , what are the areas that would mean results ? |
| 14 | ‘ First thing I must do is to sell the emeralds I inherited from my mother , they will bring me in enough to buy in leather and begin to trade again . ’ |
| 15 | The best thing I can do is forget all about him , ’ she told a close friend . |
| 16 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
| 17 | The only thing I can do is straightforward police work . " |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Well I was saying to Alison , the only thing I can do is when I phone him |
| 20 | the only thing I can do is to get somebody who does n't know , who |
| 21 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 22 | The only thing I can make is my normal , what I call a family fruit cake , which is very simple and quick i well not quick really but , I usually have it on when the Sunday roast 's doing so but erm and that 's about it , you know . |
| 23 | The only thing I can suggest is there 's a small pocket of fish causing the problem . |
| 24 | If you say so sir , the only thing I can suggest is that fact that er that the noise the door opener was making and the fact I opened the door very shortly afterwards , he can only assume the door opener worked . |
| 25 | The on the only thing I can remember is running after the car . |
| 26 | The only thing I can say is that at least my mistakes are genuine . |
| 27 | The only thing I can say is for them to lay down their arms and stop it right now . |
| 28 | ‘ The only thing I 'd miss is the contact with the fans , ’ said Waddle . |
| 29 | Erm right okay well the first thing I 'd do is handle that one . |
| 30 | The other thing I 'd say is that the budget settlement that we 've got introduces a further hundred thousand of investment in new technology , and this is part of our push to making us more efficient in the way we manage our budgets and all the rest of it . |