Example sentences of "thing [that] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Friday afternoon class not too prepared to believe that art was the most important thing that they could be doing at that time soon discovered they were wrong . |
| 2 | I agree with the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington ( Mr. Forman ) that by far the most useful thing that we could do in the short run would be to fund a payments union among the commonwealth of independent states so that they could at least have a currency in which to trade with one another . |
| 3 | I thought that the best thing that I could do , anticipating the worst , would be to start on one entitled Italy 's Betrayal . |
| 4 | Which is why I made up my mind to come and tell you first thing that I could n't think of anyone I 'd rather Naylor married . ’ |
| 5 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 6 | having your normal period was n't ever mentioned , I was just sent along to the lav , my sister came with me , she said ‘ you wear this ’ , and that was that — My mother never even mentioned it … you got married and you had children , I did n't know there was such a thing that you could not have them and it just went on and on . |