Example sentences of "thing [that] really [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Death is the only thing that really frightens me — I hate it . ’ |
| 2 | On one thing that really drives me mad about Carter . |
| 3 | The thing that really motivated me was seeing the 1968 Olympics ; I saw Thommie Smith and thought , ‘ God , that 's it ! ’ |
| 4 | sort of well we ca n't pay this that and the other and the thing that really gets me and , and , you know , I , I 've tried to reason it through so many times but top er top of these mums ' sort of shopping list is these disposable nappies |
| 5 | And if there 's one thing that really bugs me , it 's trendy , middle-class liberals like those who write in Hot Press and their apologies for Provos , puffs , poets , transvestites and assorted other wankers . |
| 6 | The thing that really pisses me off is the hypocrisy — these guys all rant on about how they 're so shat upon because they 're black but it 's OK to shit on women . |
| 7 | The thing that really aggravates me is UEFA 's decision to reduce the Kop capacity by 40 per cent , allegedly for safety reasons . |
| 8 | If I look back on that [ first year ] , that was one thing that really hurt me . |
| 9 | I think the thing that really upset him was seeing Werewolf slide across the BMW 's bonnet to get to the driver 's door . |
| 10 | Because she [ the new maths teacher ] did n't know me , she did n't have any confidence in me … but because she did n't have any confidence in me , I did n't have any confidence in myself , and that is the thing that really makes me regret changing schools … at my first school all the teachers knew me and had confidence in me . |
| 11 | Bill and Kath , along with their loyal staff have put virtually a lifetime 's effort into acquiring the immense amount of stock contained at PAS , and the one thing that really concerns them is that if anything should ever happen to either of them , what would be the future for all the stock ? |
| 12 | The one thing that really marks them out is good preparation , so that when they stand up in court they have n't got to think much about the content cos it 's at their finger tips , they know it , they know Mrs Brown 's age , they know how many children she 's got , they have n't got to think about it . |