Example sentences of "thing [pron] [verb] [is] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	Easson noted : ‘ One of the things we need is to be together with these guys for a lengthier period , whether pre-season , or an off-season tour . ’
2	the only thing I have is to Scarborough .
3	The last thing I want is for the case to be closed .
4	The last thing I want is for them to be used as pawns in political games of chess to suit the personal ambitions of politicians .
5	We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’
6	You are at the moment , the best thing you get is to be in the top hundred .
7	‘ I live 20 minutes away from the set , but when you are working 16 hours a day the last thing you need is to be in a foreign country with a small child .
8	I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ .
9	‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here .
10	When it comes to saving lives or building bridges , the last thing we want is for uninformed and inexperienced students to form their own ideas .
11	The last thing we want is for someone to pop up unmarked and score a goal .
12	Er the reason want referring because has n't commenced it 's considered er view and the last thing we want is to be in business actually doing is enclosing on St Albans and anything that St Albans does n't actually want .
13	His job is to clean along the paths of the Zoo and that thing he pushes is for the rubbish he collects , and along its side he has two brooms and a shovel .
14	The last thing he wants is to be dubbed ‘ Saint James ’ .

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