Example sentences of "[adj -est] thing that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 2 | The nearly worst thing that could happen would be her father coming back . |
| 3 | If I do this what is the worst thing that could happen to me ? |
| 4 | JEWKES : Maybe I am , for to rob him of yourself would be the worst thing that could happen to him . |
| 5 | Perhaps that was the worst thing that could happen to a human being . |
| 6 | Crawford , who stayed in the play for more than a year before handing over to David Jason , said during its run , ‘ All your career as an actor you dream of having the things written up outside the theatre which are there about me — but now that they 're there it 's in a way the worst thing that could happen to me . |
| 7 | And last night , when he had ingested an almond — the absolutely worst thing that could happen to him — something good had happened . |
| 8 | At a time when the world is struggling to get out of recession , it is just about the worst thing that could happen . |
| 9 | The worst thing that could have happened was … nothing . ’ |
| 10 | Hatch said it : Jack Stone was the worst thing that could have happened to Chrissie . ’ |
| 11 | If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’ |
| 12 | The vital role of the parents is to do all they can to ensure that the loss or diminution of love and friendship , will be the worst thing that can happen to their children if they transgress the legal and moral codes that control the society in which they will be living . |
| 13 | But it is not the worst thing that can happen . |
| 14 | It 's sometimes worth asking that nagging little voice what is really the worst thing that can happen now ? |
| 15 | Remind yourself that blushing is not the worst thing that can happen to you . |
| 16 | That is the worst thing that can happen to a human being . |
| 17 | The worst thing that can happen — |
| 18 | What is the worst thing that can happen when organising a tour ? |
| 19 | The worst thing that can happen is for the boat to become totally inverted and here you need to slide the daggerboard quickly out before it drops through the hull . |
| 20 | Like the other parties , it knows full well that extremism is the worst thing that can happen to a good cause . |
| 21 | In any other situation the worst thing that can occur is that nothing happens at all . |
| 22 | The simplest thing that can go wrong is the failure of one mechanism such as a pump , valve or thermostat . |
| 23 | Aye oh , this was the greatest thing the greatest thing that could have happened to the people . |
| 24 | Squigs are unpredictable and in many way the best thing that can happen is for them to go wild once they are near the enemy . |
| 25 | The best thing that could happen now would be for the scheme to be killed by another backbench Tory revolt , like the rebellion which quashed Sir Keith Joseph 's 1985 effort to make student fees income-related . |
| 26 | The best thing that could happen now would be for the scheme to be killed by another backbench Tory revolt , like the rebellion which quashed Sir Keith Joseph 's 1985 effort to make student fees income-related . |
| 27 | ‘ If Barry was reinstated , it would be the best thing that could happen to us . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ This is the best thing that could happen here , ’ says Alex Lowes , organiser of the Southampton weekenders and a regular at Flying 's latest Saturday night . |
| 29 | Best thing that could happen , the way I see it . |
| 30 | ‘ Keep the old place in the family , I thought — best thing that could happen if I could n't stay there myself . |