Example sentences of "thing i [verb] be [that] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ No , the only thing I regret is that I may have rushed you into something you 're already beginning to repent . |
| 2 | The only other thing I remember is that there was litter everywhere in that street there . |
| 3 | The first thing I realised was that I liked her . |
| 4 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 5 | But the only thing I know is that that ship was sunk by the Germans in Cardigan Bay . |
| 6 | ‘ The last thing I heard was that she 'd gone to America and married some newspaper magnate twice her age . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , the first thing I noticed is that it omits the date of birth . |
| 8 | The first thing I noticed was that the whole of the top half of the house was swathed in what looked like green plastic bandages . |
| 9 | The first thing I noticed was that the Transit had gone and Armstrong was back in his place of honour outside No. 9 . |
| 10 | The thing I noticed was that they 're all close questions , you like the area , now Martin was very fair to you because you , he was very me most you could 've got very much did you move because of your , yes . |
| 11 | Erm the , the other thing I noticed was that there is very little or no eye contact at all with Martin so you , you were never really looking at him when you were asking questions or when he was giving you the answers back , so there was no er visual acknowledgement whenever he was , he was coming back to you . |
| 12 | ‘ They knew they had a hell of a battle on their hands and the first thing I stressed was that we had to fight to win the ball — and we did , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The most important thing I learnt was that the lawyer 's job in local government is to help get things done rather than provide elegant reasons for doing nothing . |
| 14 | He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent . |
| 15 | ‘ The first thing I decided was that my hair had to come off . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The one thing I learned is that no one does any building during times of political instability . ’ |
| 17 | And , and , you know , they 've got paid youth officer 's working in Harlow , now they are , there are , they 're over they 're over stretched it 's true and , but we , I mean what were doing here is actually supplementing there service and were not meeting all , we would n't of erm meeting all the demands , but the important thing I think is that were continuing to erm , you know , were trying to do something about it , and one of the things that were trying to do as officer 's in the Local Government Unit is work with Leisure Services and get them to put more resources into doing things for young people . |
| 18 | The other different thing I think is that it 's more of a one way communication . |