Example sentences of "[art] only thing that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that gets me steamed up is when they have a go at you . |
| 2 | It was the only thing that made her restless , and Marguerite noticed . |
| 3 | The only thing that made me go into any routine was Pam . |
| 4 | The only thing that made my hair stand on end was when I would say : ‘ Dive through that window there and , as you go through it , hit it with your fists clenched together , tuck your head down in between on your elbows , get through and , as you go through , go into a roll . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It is the only thing that presents itself with the information we have at the moment . ’ |
| 6 | The only thing that surprised me after our painful , taciturn lunch was the astonishing enthusiasm and goodwill he displayed on my departure . |
| 7 | The only thing that concerned me was that , with Stephen Pears injured , I was the oldest player in the team . |
| 8 | ‘ The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland . |
| 9 | The only thing that kept me going on the last lap of the journey was the rhythm of my steps . |
| 10 | I remember recording 13 groups in one day , and the only thing that kept me sane was knowing I was getting music together with Enya . |
| 11 | In Conradin 's lonely , loveless world , his imagination was the only thing that kept him alive . |
| 12 | The only thing that kept him decent before was being poor . |
| 13 | ‘ The only thing that affected my sport was my teachers , ’ he recalled . |
| 14 | The only thing that worried me was that the door to my room had not yet been unlocked . |
| 15 | But , at that stage , the only thing that prevented me from saying , ‘ oh well , I 'll go and find a regular job instead , ’ was that I was aware that this thing existed — racialism — and that whatever happened , getting away from it , getting out of the firing line , would n't help me . |
| 16 | He dared not conjecture , but the possibility of that was the only thing that prevented him from abandoning her . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's the only thing that suits me ’ |
| 18 | The only thing that spoilt it was the absence of Robert . |
| 19 | ‘ His work is the only thing that sustains him , ’ Ketura said . |
| 20 | The only thing that lets it down in this area is a slightly off-centre truss rod cover . |
| 21 | The only thing that upsets it is leaving the lid off the tin for long periods during storage when the reaction to calcium caseinate takes place prematurely because moisture gets in . |
| 22 | she said oh yes you will , then she said to me I 'm sorry to tell you you did n't make , she said you made exc , but she said I do n't want you to feel erm disgruntled she said because er , you done a fabulous interview , the only thing that let you down was of lack of experience , so I said well you 're never gon na get any cos you , nobody let's you in , they do n't open the door |
| 23 | No the only thing that consumed me I was looking to see if there was anyway that material from the seat could be used to sort of target us for a mailing system or something like that |
| 24 | That shooting The London boxing promoter Mickey Duff said : ‘ The only thing that worries me at the moment is his speedy recovery . ’ |
| 25 | It 's the only thing that worries me . |
| 26 | The only thing , the only thing that worries me is that the thing gets priority . |
| 27 | The only thing that worries me about taking that out is that you then create a massive empty space , if you have got |
| 28 | But Eubank had only harsh words for Piper saying : ‘ The only thing that impressed me about him was that you could see he was thinking about what he was doing . |
| 29 | THE only thing that puzzles me about the Government decision to ban the Northern Irish Protestant terror gang , the UDA , is why it has taken them so long to do it . |
| 30 | It 's the only thing that makes me proud about that country . |