Example sentences of "thing that [vb past] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that worried me was that the door to my room had not yet been unlocked . |
| 2 | The second thing that struck her was on a different plane , but was another restriction . |
| 3 | The first thing that struck her was the cold . |
| 4 | One thing that struck me was the great need to bear children . |
| 5 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 6 | It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect . |
| 7 | ‘ As for Guns N ’ Roses , I bought ‘ Appetite For Destruction ’ three years ago and the one thing that struck me was just how exciting the guitars were . |
| 8 | Another thing that struck me was the difference in sexual attitudes between Germany and Britain . |
| 9 | The first thing that struck me was the weight of everything . |
| 10 | The other thing that concerned me was particular slots which do n't seem to ever produce much in the way of attendance or revenue . |
| 11 | The only thing that concerned me was that , with Stephen Pears injured , I was the oldest player in the team . |
| 12 | The main thing that surprised me was that the biomorphs can pretty quickly cease to look like trees . |
| 13 | Another thing that surprised me was the manager 's quotes after the defeat at Spurs . |
| 14 | The only thing that spoilt it was the absence of Robert . |
| 15 | One of soccer 's great trouble-shooters clocked in at the Cadbury 's chocolate factory where Rovers train but the last thing that greeted him was the sweet smell of success . |
| 16 | The thing that attracted me was that it was n't your average plonk , plonk , three cord amateur musician . |
| 17 | Another thing that drew her was what was called the ‘ power house ’ . |
| 18 | There 's hundreds of variations you can come up with , but one thing that influenced me was learning piano in school . |
| 19 | You see , one thing that influenced me was reading about the great American champs and I saw how all the good champs were side-tracked , avoided , yet always seemed to make it late . |
| 20 | It was enough to daunt most people , but she once told me that the only thing that dismayed her was sorting out their incredible mass of luggage , making sure that the right things went by the right route and that nothing was left behind . |
| 21 | The only thing that stopped him was that he could n't decide exactly what the problem was . |
| 22 | The only thing that linked them was the embarrassing albatross of a marriage in whose death both of them had been guilty . |
| 23 | I knew perfectly well that he respected the Manager and even liked him though it was against his nature to admit it ; the thing that maddened him was that this had happened behind his back , and for a reason which he obviously found as inadequate as I did . |
| 24 | Another thing that interested me was a comment from an ex-Liverpool defender who said , and I quote : ‘ If Alan Shearer had joined Manchester United , it would have been a question of who finished second ! ’ |
| 25 | One thing that frightened him was the thought that , for some reason or other , Busby might prevent them from leaving . |