Example sentences of "[adj -est] thing [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The saddest thing is that we 've been persuaded that true travellers know how to haggle . |
| 2 | ‘ The oddest thing was that he seemed to have no interest in Mandela at all . |
| 3 | An' like the worst thing is that y' know the people who are like supposed to represent the people on our estate , y' know the Daily Mirror an' The Sun , an ITV an' the Unions , what are they tellin' people to do ? |
| 4 | The worst thing is that officials and coaches are not willing to listen to other opinions . |
| 5 | ‘ The worst thing is that we get no information about what is going on ’ , he says . |
| 6 | The worst thing was that it appeared there was nothing they could do to stop it ; the players had hardly a shred of belief left in themselves , and Gower was unable to instil any . |
| 7 | The worst thing was that the tape was on metal spools and the resulting damage was not a complete wipe : there were still tantalising fragments of the recording left where the tape had been under the metal ‘ spokes ’ of the reel , I would be interested to know if this legend is true . |
| 8 | ‘ The worst thing was that there was a poster for one of our gigs which said ‘ Coming Soon : Therapy ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You know , the worst thing was that I missed it . ’ |
| 10 | I think the worst thing was that I could n't stop shaking . |
| 11 | ‘ The nicest thing is that you consider me intelligent . |
| 12 | The funniest thing is that they are all as frightened as one another , but nobody can break the chain . |
| 13 | ‘ The best thing is that all these features do not spoil the look of , or even dominate , the appearance of the house . |
| 14 | And Anna Freud 's conclusion is , that all children will experience anxiety , but what they experience anxiety about will , will vary , and clearly the best thing is that they experience anxiety about things that are important and are real , rather than anxiety about things that are unimportant and unreal . |
| 15 | Well we 've actually turned away I think that the best thing is that you er that the three er obviously there 's . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps the best thing is that he is reacting to noises and the sound of his name . |
| 17 | and the best thing is that nobody 's doing it , everybody 's doing cabaret spots along the line jokes and stuff like that , but nobody 's not doing cabaret spots with trumpets |