Example sentences of "'s the [num] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great poets speak from a position of morality , of authority and that 's the one thing these people ca n't abide . |
| 2 | It 's the one thing the nation that produced Shakespeare ( albeit 400 years ago ! ) thinks it can do rather well . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's the one thing he can outflank both Baker and Heseltine on . ’ |
| 4 | They 're telling me to go on the stage and act , but I ca n't do it , it 's the one thing Mum and Dad are dead set against . ’ |
| 5 | That 's the one thing missing . ’ |
| 6 | I think that 's the one thing . |
| 7 | ‘ When you jumped on my dick/That 's the one thing that I do n't play/The jock-strap was too big for you anyway . ’ |
| 8 | It 's the one thing Constanza had always been proud of ( although she is a total internationalist of course ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Because it 's the one thing they wo n't talk about . |
| 10 | That 's the one thing that stops them using it . |
| 11 | C. It 's the one thing you do n't understand . |
| 12 | ‘ I know it all sounds good , ’ she says , ‘ but what I want most of all is to spend more time with my little girl — and that 's the one thing I ca n't do at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | Rikky : ‘ I think hedonism 's the one thing bands should be preaching , if they must ‘ preach ’ anything at all . ’ |
| 14 | You know it 's the one thing I really ca n't stand , Antoinette shouted : disobedience . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's the one thing I am sure about . ’ |
| 16 | It 's the one thing that puts me off breeding — I love children , but I ca n't stand babies . ’ |
| 17 | Rikky : ‘ I think hedonism 's the one thing bands should be preaching , if they must ‘ preach ’ anything at all . ’ |
| 18 | No if it 's the one thing I know that I do n't have to concern myself with as far as financial services is |
| 19 | But it 's the one thing that actually comes out of the premium before the units are bought , because it 's a percentage . |
| 20 | It 's the one thing she 's seemed to want to go to . ’ |
| 21 | well , that 's the one thing I 'm expert at , yes , so , so says my birthday card |
| 22 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 23 | Yeah and that 's the one thing that you need one of two things . |