Example sentences of "[adv] the [num] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the one thing he did n't expect from me was a thank you . |
| 2 | Such discourtesy could surely mean only the one thing , she thought to herself — but she said nothing , waiting for him to continue . |
| 3 | There was only the one thing . |
| 4 | just the one thing |
| 5 | So then you always get just the one thing before the decimal place . |
| 6 | And doing it 's not so much that you 're doing everything wrong , it 's just the one thing which being done right is that the other way of putting it that , the guy because he 's so well organized what effect does that have on everybody else then ? |
| 7 | The one thing that really , apar , well not the one thing , many things irritate me about the programme , but one of them is that they get people on so you 've got someone choosing who lives in Edinburgh choosing someone who lives down in Plymouth |
| 8 | I think that 's probably the one thing : Texas music has just got more variety to it than the Delta stuff or Chicago or New Orleans . |
| 9 | Now the one thing truly blessed is God himself . |
| 10 | Now the one thing you 'll have to watch excuse me excuse me , with these tablets , is anything with alcohol in it . |
| 11 | But time is now the one thing your father has n't got . ’ |
| 12 | Now the one thing that I think is important is that one can not look at the problems of any given society in the world in isolation from the rest of the world as a whole , and in particular , in the case of underdeveloped countries , their problems are very much linked to the situations that take place in the developed countries . |
| 13 | Well the one thing she ca n't do now is breed from her . |
| 14 | Maybe the 5.30 thing every week is too much . |
| 15 | However the one thing that you must never do is to go between a cow and her calf and I made this mistake one morning and I had to take to my heals and run . |
| 16 | Well actually the one thing you can say about it is , it is a good grounding for what you now go on and do |