Example sentences of "funny thing was that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The funny thing was that Uncle George had made no remark about the length of time she 'd been away . |
| 2 | The funny thing was that in a way the old fart was right . |
| 3 | The funny thing was that on the day of the theft a man who often used to come and see us , and was generally regarded as a friend of the house , had been and invited the entire family Zina , myself , and both our son and daughter somewhere miles out of town to go and have a barbecue . |
| 4 | The funny thing was that Lizzy seemed glad to be going . |
| 5 | Yeah but the the funny thing was that if we had n't |
| 6 | Well the funny thing was that er the local Labour party n did n't have did n't have a youth er a youth section . |
| 7 | The trouble was that neither of them was entirely certain he was right , and the funny thing was that people who were n't entirety certain they were right always argued much louder than other people , as if the main person they were trying to convince was themselves . |