Example sentences of "only thing that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that 'll touch it is an arc-welder — and it 's pretty conductive stuff too . |
| 2 | essentially we work with the same material , the only thing that might change is the part where I slide withg my hands down a rope . |
| 3 | ‘ The only thing that might make them move after three years here is Italy . |
| 4 | Er a specific on only thing that might have been I think was really , erm the erm the concern that some people expect erm are for rural areas , whether there was going t there were going to be con whether things were going to be spread thinner on the ground in rural areas , particularly sort of transport costs , and of course erm there 's one , but nevertheless , the concern that that would be underlying that and the erm the erm the the rural community |
| 5 | The only thing that would change them , he commented savagely , was when he became someone who earned a thousand guilder a year . |
| 6 | The only thing that would change would be the total at the top . |
| 7 | Isabel had scarcely felt the fiery rush of blood to her cheeks , the quick involuntary swelling of her flesh , before fitzAlan wrenched his hand away , transferring the reins from the other as if that was the only thing that would prevent him from touching her again . |
| 8 | Now it seemed like the only thing that would make Christmas tolerable . |
| 9 | The only thing that would have made it better was if it was in 3-D . ’ |
| 10 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 11 | The only thing that would save him would be work abroad . |
| 12 | The only thing that would help would be if we could finish off this Leila business . ’ |
| 13 | Crystals is about the only thing that would use it . |
| 14 | The 1986 Programme , similarly , contained no reference to the historic goal of the withering away of the state ( it had long been predicted that the only thing that would wither away was the idea that the state should wither away ) ; its main emphasis was upon practical and short-term objectives , and it struck a disciplinarian rather than utopian note in its references to careerism , nepotism and profiteering . |
| 15 | Now and that cos that 's the only thing that could stand |
| 16 | The only thing that could warp the way that the band goes is the media , because they lie for the most part ; they come up with their own reasons and their own interpretations and people just believe what they read . ’ |
| 17 | The only thing that could get one down — as it eventually did his American television followers — was his high-pitched , breathless , Scots delivery . |
| 18 | A soak in a hot tub , brimming with scented foam , was about the only thing that could soothe her wounded spirits . |
| 19 | But if you do , even though the evidence seems stacked against me , it can only be because you love me too , for that 's the only thing that could overcome a mistrust as deeply rooted as yours . ’ |
| 20 | It was the only thing that could have made Sarah temporarily forget about James , and she was still awake with her thoughts when Ella 's snoring rattled to the rafters of the narrow attic room . |
| 21 | The only thing that could have stopped us was fog . |
| 22 | It is the only thing that will stir out sleeping brethren , the only thing that will make them fight and not cooperate . |
| 23 | ‘ The Messiah 's Second Coming is the only thing that will change man 's wicked ways . |
| 24 | I am afraid I am cynical enough to believe this is just another round of a giant game of poker , where the only thing that will matter in the end will be the size of the cheque . |
| 25 | The only thing that will make them change their attitudes will be knowing someone with AIDS and watching them decline . |
| 26 | ‘ We know the operation is the only thing that will make her quality of life better . |
| 27 | It is the only thing that will stir out sleeping brethren , the only thing that will make them fight and not cooperate . |
| 28 | In the vocabulary of people in the retail trade , equipment means wallets being emptied into tills , especially if the purchase of that equipment is the only thing that will ensure they will live to come back and buy more . |
| 29 | ‘ It is the only thing that will defend us in the present crisis , ’ says Reddy . |
| 30 | About the only thing that will keep the Chancellor singing in his bath is that three in four want to stay out of the exchange rate mechanism . |