Example sentences of "[num] thing [conj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now when you get to a T R P what are the three things that can happen ? |
| 2 | The absence from the novel of the verb ‘ to be ’ corresponds to this differential definition of the self that is no one thing but can say anything , and the ‘ loss of identity through language ’ , which Brooke-Rose regards as one of the most important themes of the novel ( 1989e:84 ) , is evident in the character 's consciousness of living ‘ between ideas ’ ( 19/413 ) . |
| 3 | By chance ( chance again ! ) she had chosen the one thing that would reach , spinning down through all that froth of excited sentiment , right down to the very core of Sarah 's being : the memory of Tom . |
| 4 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
| 5 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 6 | The one thing that would have persuaded him to accept an invitation for the Stuttgart Ballet to go to South Africa would have been if he could show a really good black dancer working alongside the whites . |
| 7 | You did n't know one thing that would find me . ’ |
| 8 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 9 | There was one thing that might save the mare , and that was only a 10,000 to I chance . |
| 10 | ‘ One thing that might interest you , last year our manager jumped from that bridge and broke his neck … ’ |
| 11 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
| 12 | A good golf course is one thing that will bring visitors to Henley in larger numbers , and increase the demand for residential sites in the neighbourhood . |
| 13 | There is , in glum reality , only one thing that will affect that : the knowledge that they will be sent back . |
| 14 | There is , in glum reality , only one thing that will affect that : the knowledge that they will be sent back . |
| 15 | One thing that must strike every UK pilot visiting New Zealand is the feel of quality of the New Zealand Aero Clubs . |
| 16 | I felt , by doing that , I had effectively stepped back in time and discovered the one thing that should have been thought of before we even harnessed electricity . |
| 17 | To get back to that post-prandial scene , there is , I believe , just one thing that can jolt one out of one 's seat ; a bitter almond . |
| 18 | However there is one thing that could hiccup there . |
| 19 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd obtained the briefings and the weather was good , so there was only one thing that could have gone wrong . |
| 21 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 22 | There were one or two things that may concern them ( the scratchy sound of the orchestra for one ) , though nothing that should deter them from tuning in , for the singing was generally fine , with particularly good contributions from the basses ( Michael George and Peter Harvey ) , the soprano Nancy Argenta , the tenor Andrew Murgatroyd , the ‘ cantor ’ Nicholas Robertson and the choir itself , here expanded , of course , to The Twenty . |
| 23 | So in the two things that can happen in conversation to give it To make it stop running smoothly are overlapping and interruption and like some of them are quite difficult to tell apart but usually it 's If you 're transcribing stuff it 's fairly obvious . |