Example sentences of "the only thing that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cap , then , falls within an overall grand vision of chanciness and risk ; Liputin 's teeth are by no means the only things that hang by a thread . |
| 2 | This animation of a plane has six cels in it , and the only things that move on it are the propeller and the pilot 's scarf . |
| 3 | But material resources are not the only things that matter to people . |
| 4 | Dave : ‘ Human beings , rats and pigeons , they 're all survivors , they 're the only things that live in the city . ’ |
| 5 | The only thing that seemed to be stirring most people was their scorn of Chamberlain . |
| 6 | The only thing that occurs to me is this . |
| 7 | The only thing that occurs to me is a mine , a marine mine . |
| 8 | The only thing that occurs to me er er and now yo your veteran day from last year a a does any of that , how does you know , cos he does it , how does any of that sit with Rob or do we just say right well we do cos |
| 9 | The board was your cricket bat : the only thing that stood between you and castration . |
| 10 | The only thing that worked with the odd fish was the open bale-arm , but more often than not the bream dropped the bait before I struck . |
| 11 | It was the only thing that worked with Gesner and he had been saving it for when they went into rehearsal on Luxembourg . |
| 12 | Erm the only thing that occurred to me I just wondered if she knew somebody who had a dearly loved dog that , did n't want to train it but you know she could perhaps just take along for the joy of running it and training it but I think part of the pleasure is the reflected glory you know it 's my dog |
| 13 | Sometimes his willingness to raise the alarm is literally the only thing that stands between an old person and the possibility of a lonely and lingering death following a fall or sudden illness . |
| 14 | The only thing that stands between county hall being put to good use is the Labour-controlled Lambeth borough council , which is squandering charge payers ' money on increasingly desperate but unsuccessful attempts to prevent the sale of county hall and its productive use for hotel and residential accommodation . |