Example sentences of "thing [conj] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I spent hours in the library looking up all the journals I could find — and the thing that kept coming back to me was that even if you had the treatment , there was a chance that the effects of toxoplasmosis on the child might not come out until years later . |
| 2 | The only positive thing that had come out of the conversation had been Nicole 's offer of some aspirin . |
| 3 | Another thing that did come up at that training day the other day was that we all need a , a , a , anybody that 's going to do any sort of appraising will need to know what the erm training programme is |
| 4 | ‘ There 's this competitive rugby survey thing that 's come round from The Times , ’ said Reg Certes , the club secretary . |
| 5 | The one good thing that 's come out of this is that the speculators have been shaken out . |
| 6 | That 's the thing that needs bucking up in this school … |