Example sentences of "thing [conj] have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little horse was the most extraordinary thing that had ever happened to him in all his life , appearing like that in the torchlight and looking at him even before it was wholly born , as if to say , ‘ Hi , mate . ’ |
| 2 | This was the strangest thing that had ever happened to her ; he had hurt her at the beginning , but now that was gone . |
| 3 | Best thing that had ever happened to him , Penny . |
| 4 | Now the sons , dominated by their love for and estimation of the primal father could maintain the altruism and cooperativeness of their way of life because of their guilt regarding the one thing that had always threatened that cooperation — their lust . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ It was the worst thing that 's ever happened to me in my whole life . |
| 6 | This is the most embarrassing thing that 's ever happened to me . |
| 7 | Not fool enough to stand aside and watch the best thing that 's ever happened to me wither away because I 'm too scared to let it put down roots . |
| 8 | This is the most important thing that 's ever happened to me in my life — ’ |
| 9 | Just the chance to transcribe the manuscripts was the most fantastic luck , the greatest thing that 's ever happened to me . |
| 10 | He 's That One , Mr Body Beautiful , I do n't think , and the worst thing that 's ever happened in Jan 's family since her own husband . |
| 11 | In fact it 's probably the most exciting thing that 's ever happened to me . ’ |
| 12 | It 's the worst thing that 's ever come from any political Party and all associated problems live on , and all we have at the moment is one statement after the other from the Ministers which blame the very people that it attacks . |
| 13 | Today every single living thing that has ever lived , from a bacterium to a plant or a fully formed animal , has been built according to specifications laid down in the molecules of the dna called chromosomes . |
| 14 | But this is the most flattering thing that has ever happened to Howard ! |