Example sentences of "[conj] the thing that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat down then and all the time he was eating Frankie could n't keep his eyes off her or the things that surrounded him . |
| 2 | Apathy is an extreme feeling that we no longer have control over our lives or the things that sweep us along . |
| 3 | A lot of them do n't like all that countryside or the things that grow in it . |
| 4 | Most people vary enormously in the reserves that they have available , so that the things that floor them at the end of term may be the same small irritations that they sailed through at the beginning . |
| 5 | In the , in the current Middle East erm so this pattern certainly applies to Judaism , not to all religions , he 's not saying that all religions have to undergo persecution in order to as it were flourish , but some religions do and perhaps the characteristic Judaism or at least this kind of monotheism is these kind of religions tend to be intolerant and single-mindedly , tend to say that we know the truth , everybody else is wrong and consequently they tend to persecute others and get persecuted and this leads to these periods of suppression , but there 's a tendency for this kind of return of repress just as Mike was saying , his very brilliant analogy he suggested the French Revolution when the students put the barricade up in the same place or so the erm Freud 's idea is that the things that happened in that first traumatic period back in Ancient Egypt and for example erm he said this is why the modern erm Jews insist on circumcision because the Ancient Egyptians did and this is , this is correct . |
| 6 | It requires courage and support from sympathetic colleagues to admit that the things that have been happening in classrooms or schools over the past 20 years have been wrong , pigheaded or simply inefficient . |
| 7 | I want you to know , Douglas , that the thing that hurts Mr Grant and I the most is the deceit . |
| 8 | Was n't it likely that the thing that had got into him at the seance was really from the planet Tellenor ? |
| 9 | The example serves to show , however , that almost any period in history is open to you if the things that happened in the past set your imagination whirling . |
| 10 | By understanding this example you will be better able to set about understanding your own situation and the things that control your own dieting behaviour . |
| 11 | You have a much greater understanding of your own behaviour patterns and the things that motivate you , and this has helped you established your own list of goals . |
| 12 | She was encouraged , because it seemed she could rely absolutely on that devoted attention , but discouraged , too , because he looked and was so young , and what could he know of marriage and widowhood , and the things that happen to women ? |
| 13 | When the object of man 's thought is God and the things that belong to God , then the will reaches the stage when it becomes love . |
| 14 | And the thing , the biggest thing that we 've been afraid of is death and the things that lead to death like sickness and like infirmity like weakness . |
| 15 | And the things that lie hidden in this Castle ? |
| 16 | Until then Frank had been safe because they had each other , and the things that troubled him were half buried and might well have sunk past danger . |
| 17 | ‘ I spent hours in the library looking up all the journals I could find — and the thing that kept coming back to me was that even if you had the treatment , there was a chance that the effects of toxoplasmosis on the child might not come out until years later . |
| 18 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 19 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 20 | er I think we get a saturation point and the thing that annoys me is that young fellow who came to the club had a got , we got a special went to the special trouble of getting a for him and I can not get it off him and he lives up Newton way somewhere I 've been to him three times |
| 21 | And the thing that sounded like a telephone number — I wrote it down as soon as we got out of the attic — " One-x-nine-two-four " … |
| 22 | The ‘ shots ’ icon gives improved blasting power , and the thing that looks like a sergeant 's stripe increases your military rank . |
| 23 | If you 're really rocking and rolling in the art department and you 're allowing some of the experiments to see their way into print , even if they 're not so , they do n't have that slick veneer that people seem to want in the marketing department , progress results and the rawness helps and the thing that makes Jack Stoffagers pages so wonderful is that they are unfiltered , you have the feeling that it 's the printer talking to you , determining something that he 's read , you know , he wants you to read . |
| 24 | She hated herself for remembering , not just that last ugly confrontation in the campagna but the things that had preceded it , the good things , starting with the fun they 'd had together and ending with that long , sweet night she 'd spent in his arms . |
| 25 | But the things that seized my whole attention were the yellow blobs of pus in the corners of the eyes , the much purulent discharge from the nostrils and the photophobia which made the dog blink painfully at the light from the surgery window . |
| 26 | I do n't mean helmeted sentries literally do patrol the walls by night , I do n't mean even that anything 's actually been seen , but the things that go on in people 's minds are realities , and do influence events . |
| 27 | And I 've rejected nothing , but the things that happen when working expand the horizons and the understanding . |
| 28 | But the thing that fascinated me last night was the statistic about Gillette do you know they said when Gillette started When Gillette started doing the erm Gillette Cup , it cost them five thousand a year . |
| 29 | ‘ Sometimes it really gets me down , ’ he admits , ‘ but the thing that keeps me goin' is live performances . |
| 30 | ‘ But the thing that breaks my heart ’ , the curator continued , ‘ is that there were books on board and , of course , the sea 's only left indecipherable leather spines . … |