Example sentences of "thing that [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was happily surprised to find that the cottage did indeed live up to Coleridge 's estimate of it , possessing ‘ every thing that heart could desire ’ , including a small flower garden and a climbing rose which Coleridge was soon to commemorate in verse . |
| 2 | The most important thing that Kazakhstan could do would be to sign the non-proliferation treaty . |
| 3 | Forgiving sin since Christ has died , forgiving sin is easy but it was , yet , it was the hardest thing that God could do because he could only do it when Christ died for us . |
| 4 | It is understandable and no bad thing that people should react against crude literalism . |
| 5 | The worst thing that governments can do is to retard this admittedly painful process with subsidies to obsolete industries , or protectionist barriers . |
| 6 | I had to smile ; the outburst was outrageous , but it was the type of thing that John would have laughed about . |
| 7 | And when I finally appeared in my ship 's airlock , the only thing that Mala could find to say was , ’ Do n't you look a mess ! ’ |
| 8 | One thing that ethologists would like to know about this courtship is why it takes the form that it does . |
| 9 | But tipping waste into landfills or incinerators is not the worst thing that polluters can do with their rubbish . |