Example sentences of "be [num] thing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that would be one thing we would do . |
| 2 | ‘ They are one thing we all have , ’ she replied , opening her eyes . |
| 3 | ‘ Tattoos are one thing they find objectionable . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We happened to be at the mortuary … not that it will make any difference , but there is one thing we thought you would find interesting . ’ |
| 5 | The weather is one thing we can not plan for as , although Madeira enjoys a good climate all year round , you must remember it is a small island in the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 6 | This is one thing we can share in solitude . |
| 7 | ‘ At least Sarah Chester Fabrics is one thing we have in common to while away the lazy Caribbean evenings , Miss Chester , whichever side of the fence we 're on . ’ |
| 8 | While this may seem an unnecessary lesson — after all , most of us assume breathing is one thing we do know how to do — nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 9 | That never the full answer because pushing people into that is one thing they should have . |
| 10 | Now if there is one thing I absolutely can not stand , it is snoring . |
| 11 | I 'm not what you 'd call the retiring type , and I rarely flinch from a fight when I 'm sure of my own righteousness ; but there is one thing I can not cope with , and that is unprovoked aggression . |
| 12 | There is one thing I should make clear : ‘ Documenta ’ is not the Venice Biennale . |
| 13 | You should tell people straightaway that you 're pregnant , because that is one thing I regret , not being able to enjoy my pregnancy properly . |
| 14 | But there is one thing I do n't understand . |
| 15 | Boredom , thought Charlotte , as she made her way before him across the small panelled dining-room , is one thing I do n't anticipate . |
| 16 | There is one thing I can not understand about the Labour party policy . |
| 17 | ‘ There is one thing I 'd like to know . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If there is one thing I definitely need at this moment , it is a commentary on Italian traffic from a girl from the American midwest . ’ |
| 19 | That is one thing I , I , I do n't know why I just lovebites out . |
| 20 | There is one thing I thought of . |
| 21 | And tha that is one thing I 'm , I mean I 'm not I 'm not the best driver in the world , but that is one thing I do try not to do cos as you say no matter what the circumstances are , if I go up the back of somebody it is my fault . |
| 22 | And tha that is one thing I 'm , I mean I 'm not I 'm not the best driver in the world , but that is one thing I do try not to do cos as you say no matter what the circumstances are , if I go up the back of somebody it is my fault . |
| 23 | ‘ There is one thing you must all understand ’ , he said , tucking into his soup . |
| 24 | Erm , you know , it 's the sort of picture which captures your eye , and this is one thing you should try and do with your photography is to capture the onlooker 's eye or eye , and having the yellow background , it does . |
| 25 | I ca n't see how we 've had a revue in nineteen eighty-eight which has recommended a very specific course of action , none of which appears to have been implemented , I do n't see how we get a report which describes er , the intention of the county council as maintaining the ethos of the County Farms , whatever that is , as I , I do n't recall any decisions like that , and certainly if we 've made one , I 'd be interested in being party to changing it , I think wha what we have to say is we 've got a lot of land , are we using it to the best interest of the people of Wiltshire , and that is one thing it 's addressing , not a , a way of preserving the County Estates as they are , not a way of keeping a hundred and twenty farmers and their families erm , as tenants of Wiltshire , I mean they 're not gon na be out of jobs are they ? |
| 26 | I do n't very often get the better of Hinkle , but her memory is one thing she prides herself on . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's one thing they taught you in the army , ’ said the Colonel , with more than a touch of complacency . |
| 28 | cos that 's one thing they will come back and do later on when they review your C C Q they may ask you to go back and say there was a loan or |
| 29 | of course it is , apparently say what they like about the Green Party but at least that 's one thing they 're doing something |
| 30 | I , I think chairman in relation to the time off , I think erm I think that 's , that 's one thing we need to as area organizers , to actually try and er clarify |