Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] thing i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cold smooth thing I was sitting on was a beer keg , which explained why my bum hurt as well . |
| 2 | ‘ If I told you that you had a good many things I am interested in ? ’ |
| 3 | A fascinating new thing I learned during these sessions was ‘ feather care ’ , which , of course , comes under the general heading of the bird 's health and safety . |
| 4 | It 's the bloody daftest thing I 've ever bloody heard . |
| 5 | It 's almost the only profitable thing I did yesterday . ’ |
| 6 | " I do n't like beefburgers and things , so now and again I do proper cooking , like stews and puddings — that 's the only exciting thing I do . |
| 7 | I did the only decent thing I could do . |
| 8 | The only good thing I like about the fourth year , you 're doing the subjects you want to do but apart from that |
| 9 | About the only practical thing I came up with was that I probably ought to start smoking again . |
| 10 | The only new thing I could add was the prison bit , and Mrs McDougall had not told the girls anything about the offence of which Ewen had been convicted . |
| 11 | The only other thing I remember catching was my right thumb . |
| 12 | The only other thing I knew about was racing so I went into bloodstock . ’ |
| 13 | The only other thing I 'm using right now is a Korg A2 ; it 's got all the effects I need in it . |
| 14 | The only , the only other thing I mean , the other thing which occurs in my mind and you know , as you know it is n't thought through and I want to look at what statistics are now available is I mean the question of increasing shortage of good product . |
| 15 | We wondered what to do next , because the only other thing I 'd ever done was box . |
| 16 | The only other thing I would say is erm |
| 17 | The only other thing I 'd say , is that the reason we 're doing this is because we 're facing cuts not |
| 18 | and but they are the toughest , that 's the only other thing I think . |
| 19 | The only other thing I remember is that there was litter everywhere in that street there . |
| 20 | Erm , the only other thing I think it remains for me to say is that erm , the work will be undertaken on a value for money nature . |
| 21 | The only other thing I have to put to you is this that I 've already put to er what we allege went on in that bedroom . |
| 22 | The only other thing I would say is that we have in the report used the words , freedom to run and since writing the report we have been advised that er that is capa not capable or satisfactorily with legal terms and I would suggest that instead of the words , freedom to run we use the words , access management and permissive rights of way , to cover these . |
| 23 | Thank you , and I think the only other thing I need is erm you have n't a small caster sugar have you ? |
| 24 | But er , the only , the only , yes , no the only other thing I would of said that you could of perhaps done would be go to a Local Authority ombudsman |
| 25 | The only other thing I would say is that you 've got domiciliary health there on the bottom of page forty-three for the first time , a thing that we certainly asked for on your behalf . |
| 26 | In particular one thing I 'm dealing with is black women going out with white men , which is a big issue now . |
| 27 | Well I would 've called what I did in bloody Austria eighteen months ago physical it knackered me more than many other bloody things I did , like crawling up bloody hills and Mind you it 's just as enjoyable . |
| 28 | The other different thing I think is that it 's more of a one way communication . |
| 29 | I did n't want to be sarcastic and aggressive , because there were certain basic things I wanted to know , but I ended up saying , ‘ That must be nice for you . ’ |
| 30 | Erm , the , the other important thing I 'm going to give you , the information as , as Mike said , a lot of people , I 'm not sure of the percentages , do carry on using this particular barrier system , and the other important piece of information is that when you need to reorder something there 's an extraordinarily nice gentleman in your stationary stores called Mr. Cartwright , and he is the person that does all the ordering . |