Example sentences of "thing that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nope , the thing that drove everyone wild was the music . |
| 2 | The only thing that worried me was that the door to my room had not yet been unlocked . |
| 3 | A thing that worried me all through the deliberations … was this : supposing we made all the right recommendations and supposing the Government gave effect to them in legislation , how long would it be before the judges turned everything upside down ? |
| 4 | There was only one thing that worried me . |
| 5 | But the other thing that worried me , he was inclined to be erm mind you I felt aggression in his sermon a little , but he did incline to be very uptight . |
| 6 | The only thing that kept me going on the last lap of the journey was the rhythm of my steps . |
| 7 | The thing that kept me glued to the TV was the gorgeous Jennifer Capriati with her magnificent looks , great personality and brilliant tennis . |
| 8 | I remember recording 13 groups in one day , and the only thing that kept me sane was knowing I was getting music together with Enya . |
| 9 | I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help . |
| 10 | The adventure on which he had embarked , which was to give a sort of permanence to the past , was the one thing that kept him anchored to a chair and table all day , and often into the night . |
| 11 | In Conradin 's lonely , loveless world , his imagination was the only thing that kept him alive . |
| 12 | The only thing that kept him decent before was being poor . |
| 13 | You do n't need , he , that sort of thing that turns you on or . |
| 14 | If there 's one thing that disgusts me it 's cold porridge . |
| 15 | He dared not conjecture , but the possibility of that was the only thing that prevented him from abandoning her . |
| 16 | But , at that stage , the only thing that prevented me from saying , ‘ oh well , I 'll go and find a regular job instead , ’ was that I was aware that this thing existed — racialism — and that whatever happened , getting away from it , getting out of the firing line , would n't help me . |
| 17 | Her safety-valve , the thing that prevented her from going round the bend , was the fun of devising and dishing out these splendid punishments , and the lovely thing was that they seemed to work , at any rate for short periods . |
| 18 | The second thing that struck her was on a different plane , but was another restriction . |
| 19 | The first thing that struck her was the cold . |
| 20 | ‘ The thing that struck one about him was the fantastic charisma and this bright-eyed determination , which he has maintained to this very day , ’ recalled Graham . |
| 21 | One thing that struck me was the great need to bear children . |
| 22 | The first thing that struck me about Dana 's poems was his incredibly tiny script , an almost minuscule handwriting that was often difficult to decipher . |
| 23 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 24 | That was the first thing that struck me when I asked you to dance . |
| 25 | One thing that struck me about this contraceptive suggestion was that it was being made by people who totally disapproved of all experimentation on animals . |
| 26 | Cliff Bastin said of his celebrated partner : ‘ The first thing that struck me about Alex was his terrific self-confidence . |
| 27 | It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect . |
| 28 | ‘ As for Guns N ’ Roses , I bought ‘ Appetite For Destruction ’ three years ago and the one thing that struck me was just how exciting the guitars were . |
| 29 | Another thing that struck me was the difference in sexual attitudes between Germany and Britain . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |