Example sentences of "one thing that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | By chance ( chance again ! ) she had chosen the one thing that would reach , spinning down through all that froth of excited sentiment , right down to the very core of Sarah 's being : the memory of Tom . |
2 | When I ask the fat ladies at the drop-in centre what is the one thing that would do most to improve the estate they say ‘ get rid of the kids ’ and they are only half joking . |
3 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
4 | The one thing that would have persuaded him to accept an invitation for the Stuttgart Ballet to go to South Africa would have been if he could show a really good black dancer working alongside the whites . |
5 | You did n't know one thing that would find me . ’ |
6 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
7 | There was one thing that might save the mare , and that was only a 10,000 to I chance . |
8 | ‘ One thing that might interest you , last year our manager jumped from that bridge and broke his neck … ’ |
9 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
10 | A good golf course is one thing that will bring visitors to Henley in larger numbers , and increase the demand for residential sites in the neighbourhood . |
11 | There is , in glum reality , only one thing that will affect that : the knowledge that they will be sent back . |
12 | There is , in glum reality , only one thing that will affect that : the knowledge that they will be sent back . |
13 | One thing that must strike every UK pilot visiting New Zealand is the feel of quality of the New Zealand Aero Clubs . |
14 | I felt , by doing that , I had effectively stepped back in time and discovered the one thing that should have been thought of before we even harnessed electricity . |
15 | To get back to that post-prandial scene , there is , I believe , just one thing that can jolt one out of one 's seat ; a bitter almond . |
16 | However there is one thing that could hiccup there . |
17 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
18 | I 'd obtained the briefings and the weather was good , so there was only one thing that could have gone wrong . |