Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] was the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sinead — even in that mad moment — believed it was the right thing to do . ’ |
| 2 | You stopped because you both decided it was the right thing to do for you at the time . |
| 3 | We are sorry Q.T. day had to be cancelled but because the weather conditions were so bad we felt it was the right thing to do . |
| 4 | whereas Caesar did n't take the crown because he was ambitious , he knew it was the right thing to do . |
| 5 | Thérèse respectfully sent the nuns a faire-part , edged in black ; she knew it was the correct thing to do . |
| 6 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 7 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 8 | It 's lovely I thought it was the real thing . |
| 9 | They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’ |
| 10 | Thought it was the funniest thing since the invention of piles . ’ |
| 11 | I told Diana [ Vreeland ] and she thought it was the chicest thing she ever heard . |
| 12 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 13 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
| 14 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |