Example sentences of "[art] thing that [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This means that the light , instead of being granted an unrestricted passage to the photocells , has to pass through a forest of connecting wires , pre-sumably suffering at least some attenuation and distortion ( actually probably not much but , still , it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer ! ) .
2 But in the final analysis , the thing that used to make me happy was making me miserable , so I just had to get out . ’
3 It became clear that my enemy in all this business , the thing that could promote my own humiliation , was the Butcher 's measuring rod .
4 Your natural ability is the thing that should emerge , and if you have been well coached the coaching wo n't show .
5 Okay so that 's that 's that 's a thing that would help .
6 And er this was a thing that would die out you know .
7 They are not going to say a thing that can help Portland in any way whatsoever .
8 Because that 's that 's a thing that will apply to all subjects .
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