Example sentences of "[adj] thing that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry I have n't written since then , but I 've felt very confused about some things that happened with us and you did n't seem to want to say any more . |
| 2 | In our bed-sitter we used to talk about my cases , the funny things that happened on my rounds , but now , I thought helplessly , there was n't much point in telling her that AC2 Phillips was on jankers again , that vector triangles were the very devil , that Don McGregor thought he had discovered the secret of Sergeant Hynd 's phenomenally shiny boots . |
| 3 | That was the interesting thing that said to Alistaire last night that a three column centimetres depending on which periodical it is or paper it 's in can do you far more good or damage than twenty at another . |
| 4 | About the most exciting thing that happened to me was knocking some ink over . |
| 5 | Another thing that sticks in my gut big time is that whenever I mention I 'm a Leeds United fan , peoples first reaction is that ‘ Oh you were so lucky to win the league two years ago ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ This thing that goes over the camel . |
| 7 | She practises her craft by saying ‘ the first funny thing that comes into your head , and if that 's not funny you say the second ’ . |
| 8 | Ordinary things that go on all the time . |
| 9 | It 's such things that get to your heart . ’ |
| 10 | The only real thing that seems to be changing in is the compound in position of the oxy |
| 11 | They spent so much time talking about gay things that they did n't actually have much time to do many gay things — which is why I think the really crucial thing that happened in the seventies was not the liberation of a particular sexuality but actually the liberation of a particular set of relationships through which people could enjoy sex , or not have sex , as the case may be . |
| 12 | The general opinion seems to be that the only really dangerous thing that happens during the filming of London 's Burning is Murphy driving a fire engine . |
| 13 | But I love the feel of the magic march , that raw repeating thing that strikes beneath the bosom , rippling through my voice and body , strumming all my toes … ! |
| 14 | standard thing that goes to all of them |
| 15 | When my two children are very naughty I also smack them , and I use a slipper because it 's the softest thing that comes to hand . |
| 16 | I started off qua , er quarter of an hour so half ha , it was only one of these things that goes over the top . |
| 17 | Although Norman 's actually ticked that the project manager was gon na be responsible for certain things I think it 's one of these things that need to be brought out . |
| 18 | That was the puzzling thing that happened to Peggy Pringle , who was nearly nine years old and just longed to join the Pack to which her friends belonged . |
| 19 | The worst thing that happened to diesel recently is the allegation of carcinogenic properties.It is argued that diesel fumes contain microscopic particles of sticky carbon , on to which are attracted carcinogens that can enter the lungs . |
| 20 | The worst thing that happened to me was that I was moved to another hut on the Waaf site and found myself amongst a very superior set of girls who worked in Radar . |
| 21 | We measure happiness and sadness by momentous things that happened on occasions such as these . |
| 22 | one of the nicest things that happened to me since I 've been widowed is having Neil to look after not only is he an exception |
| 23 | This enormous gift that , despite all the trying things that went with it , Phoebe had received ; this capacity to look at a thing and know that , because it must be done , it is the doing of it that brings freedom and salvation . |
| 24 | Well one of the , you see , one of the strange things that happened at that time , traditionally engineers , and I think I said this in my previous statements to you , for example in where there was no bonus ever adhered to , er our members looked at their , the daily production er er routine , that any interference as far as time was concerned , by the management you know , would be an intrusion on their sacrificial rites , and therefore it was n't tolerated . |
| 25 | Special mention simply must be make of the members of the Cathedral 's Catholic Mothers group who helped Mrs Roberton with the lynches , and who were perhaps the best of all the many good things that happened to our 1981 Christian Aid programme . |
| 26 | As the fellows told the King in September 1687 , " the Electing the Bishop of Oxford " was " directly contrary to their statutes , and to their positive oaths " , and although " they were as ready to obey the K. in all things that lay in their power " , they " could not apprehend it in their power to obey him in this matter " . |
| 27 | Though they loved him as if he were their own child they left him out of all things that mattered in the running of the house . |
| 28 | I like all things that grow from the soil . |
| 29 | Though all things that exist in the extra-mental world are particulars and singular , it is nevertheless possible for us to form essentially general or abstract ideas . |
| 30 | In his reference to the poll tax , the hon. Member for Teignbridge referred to the many things that had to be built on to it and the many anomalies that had to be addressed . |