Example sentences of "thing [conj] can [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told The Scotsman the other day , ’ the only thing that can stop us is the Labour party . ’ |
| 2 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 3 | To get back to that post-prandial scene , there is , I believe , just one thing that can jolt one out of one 's seat ; a bitter almond . |
| 4 | So y you see there 's another s strange funny thing that can happen you see . |
| 5 | The absence from the novel of the verb ‘ to be ’ corresponds to this differential definition of the self that is no one thing but can say anything , and the ‘ loss of identity through language ’ , which Brooke-Rose regards as one of the most important themes of the novel ( 1989e:84 ) , is evident in the character 's consciousness of living ‘ between ideas ’ ( 19/413 ) . |