Example sentences of "[coord] the thing that [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat down then and all the time he was eating Frankie could n't keep his eyes off her or the things that surrounded him . |
| 2 | Until then Frank had been safe because they had each other , and the things that troubled him were half buried and might well have sunk past danger . |
| 3 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 4 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 5 | But the things that seized my whole attention were the yellow blobs of pus in the corners of the eyes , the much purulent discharge from the nostrils and the photophobia which made the dog blink painfully at the light from the surgery window . |
| 6 | But the thing that fascinated me last night was the statistic about Gillette do you know they said when Gillette started When Gillette started doing the erm Gillette Cup , it cost them five thousand a year . |
| 7 | But the thing that concerned me , my little lad 's had tonsillitis three times on the trot . |
| 8 | I write about Agnes , I try to imagine her , I let her sit on a bench in the sauna , walk around Paris , leaf through a magazine , talk with her husband , but the thing that started it all , the gesture of a woman waving to a lifeguard by the side of a pool , it must seem as if I had forgotten that . |
| 9 | But the thing that impressed me most was the friendship between the rabbi and the rector . |