Example sentences of "thing [conj] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 31 | The other thing that concerned me was particular slots which do n't seem to ever produce much in the way of attendance or revenue . |
| 32 | But the thing that concerned me , my little lad 's had tonsillitis three times on the trot . |
| 33 | The only thing that concerned me was that , with Stephen Pears injured , I was the oldest player in the team . |
| 34 | The only thing that surprised me after our painful , taciturn lunch was the astonishing enthusiasm and goodwill he displayed on my departure . |
| 35 | As a group I mean the other thing that surprised me a bit , I , I spoke to Ken yesterday and said , how did you receive ? |
| 36 | Another thing that surprised me more than anything was , our main supplier of tea , which we get over half our tea from now , is Kenya . |
| 37 | The main thing that surprised me was that the biomorphs can pretty quickly cease to look like trees . |
| 38 | Another thing that surprised me was the manager 's quotes after the defeat at Spurs . |
| 39 | ‘ The thing that surprised me most was that they did n't know how to make a quality tube at AISA and we showed them . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ It 's the only thing that suits me ’ |
| 41 | ’ The thing that bothers me about English training is that although acting is as demanding as ballet or opera , dancers and singers work out every day . |
| 42 | That , er , Chairman , if I could say the thing that bothers me here is that , it always has done about food , is that we should be keeping up to date with information , all these decisions and all this advice . |
| 43 | ‘ The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland . |
| 44 | The thing that upset me most is the verbal abuse . |
| 45 | er I think we get a saturation point and the thing that annoys me is that young fellow who came to the club had a got , we got a special went to the special trouble of getting a for him and I can not get it off him and he lives up Newton way somewhere I 've been to him three times |
| 46 | Weak form : ‘ The price is the thing that annoys me ’ |
| 47 | the thing that annoys me most is that , the amount of bad memories people have , I mean not bad memories as in bad thoughts , but bad |
| 48 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 49 | ‘ Sometimes it really gets me down , ’ he admits , ‘ but the thing that keeps me goin' is live performances . |
| 50 | He said ‘ The one thing that keeps me going is knowing that for every step I take and every pound donated we are one step nearer to finding a cure . ’ |
| 51 | Erm , one of the things that depresses me , is probably the main thing that depresses me is not being valued for what I am or what I do and I think many women suffer from depression because their strengths and their creativity are not recognised and valued . |
| 52 | The only thing that gets me steamed up is when they have a go at you . |
| 53 | no , no , well when I , when I get it , the thing that gets me going is this , that complete car cost me er six thousand , eight hundred |
| 54 | The thing that gets me though is erm , when they done these exercise you 've got |
| 55 | And you know the thing , no wait a minute , the thing that gets me is you know when James fancied me ? |
| 56 | LADY DAVERS : Aye , that 's the thing that kills me , [ calmly to PAMELA , a last , vicious attack ] have no fear , wench , no fear . |
| 57 | But the thing that fascinated me last night was the statistic about Gillette do you know they said when Gillette started When Gillette started doing the erm Gillette Cup , it cost them five thousand a year . |
| 58 | The thing that attracted me was that it was n't your average plonk , plonk , three cord amateur musician . |
| 59 | Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day . |
| 60 | I have gone round England like a magpie picking up any bright thing that pleased me . |