Example sentences of "be the [num] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought about playing her harmonica , but that seemed to be the one thing that was n't in her bag . |
| 2 | ‘ But on the other hand I do n't want her upset either , and seeing him would be the one thing guaranteed to do just that . ’ |
| 3 | Listen to his every word carefully , because it might be the one thing that saves your life . |
| 4 | There is another leitmotif in this funny , happy ballet , the precious red umbrella , Alain 's only love — or so it would seem — for it is the one thing he clings to and simply has to find when he has lost Lise . |
| 5 | What British people so often fail to understand is that the old inter-island divisions and prejudices that have always dogged Caribbean life are still present , and that a successful cricket team is the one thing that transcends this fragmentation . |
| 6 | That is the one thing they are commanded to do together ( in the Hebrew the verb of verse 8 's ‘ tell the rock ’ is in the plural ) which the story does not mention their performing . |
| 7 | When I think of what the ‘ ideal ’ look is for a girl , I always imagine it as someone looking happy , and that is the one thing I know I do n't look . |
| 8 | This is the one thing that might make me lose my temper . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ Too few people realise that the independence of the judges is the one thing that stands between John Citizen and the abuse of power by governments of whatever colour . |
| 11 | Mourning is the one thing people want to avoid doing . |
| 12 | Love is the one thing we have against the implacable tyranny of time . |
| 13 | I feel it is our duty to try to get — I will not say on our side but to work with us — the section of Labour which is national and imperialistic ( Applause ) We have got to get on our side if we can , the section of Labour which recognises that for all classes , employers and employed , production is the one thing to be aimed at ( Applause ) , and that anything which is detrimental to that is detrimental to anybody . |
| 14 | But the one occasion when you do n't , the thing you need is the one thing you do n't have ! ’ |
| 15 | Because their faith tells to rejoice , but circumstances of life can be such that rejoicing is the one thing that they can not do . |
| 16 | this is the one thing that |
| 17 | ‘ It is the one thing that could make my plans go wrong . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ That is the one thing I will never offer any woman again . ’ |
| 19 | And that , ’ she went on a trifle bitterly , the memory of the previous evening flooding back with renewed clarity , ‘ is the one thing that everyone enjoys giving . ’ |
| 20 | For better or for worse , DOS is the one thing which unites PCs and their users . |
| 21 | ( A grudge is the one thing that you can take with you . ) |
| 22 | That is the one thing that really matters in the House and we must not undermine it in our negotiations . |
| 23 | ‘ So music is the one thing that weakens your British reserve , Shelley ? ’ |
| 24 | That confidence could feed on itself , but what will encourage industry more than anything else would be help on investment allowances , with half those taking part saying that is the one thing above all others they want to see . |
| 25 | This is the one thing with these |
| 26 | Bob 's already indicated that he does n't , he wants to do everything he possibly can to avoid us having to affect service levels okay , and obviously the overtime is the one thing that really is , stands out as being the issue anything else cos I mean our salary costs are there , there or thereabouts erm with the temps in it , erm we know we 've got erm some temps . |
| 27 | Speaking as an old university hack who 's been teaching courses in this place since nineteen sixty two , the Shakespeare course is the one thing which is utterly and deeply different every time I teach it . |
| 28 | Speaking as a , an old university hack who 's been teaching courses in this place since 1962 , the Shakespeare course is the one thing which is utterly and deeply different every time I teach it . |
| 29 | Great poets speak from a position of morality , of authority and that 's the one thing these people ca n't abide . |
| 30 | It 's the one thing the nation that produced Shakespeare ( albeit 400 years ago ! ) thinks it can do rather well . |