Example sentences of "thing [conj] [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that worried me was that the door to my room had not yet been unlocked . |
| 2 | A thing that worried me all through the deliberations … was this : supposing we made all the right recommendations and supposing the Government gave effect to them in legislation , how long would it be before the judges turned everything upside down ? |
| 3 | There was only one thing that worried me . |
| 4 | But the other thing that worried me , he was inclined to be erm mind you I felt aggression in his sermon a little , but he did incline to be very uptight . |
| 5 | The only thing that kept me going on the last lap of the journey was the rhythm of my steps . |
| 6 | The thing that kept me glued to the TV was the gorgeous Jennifer Capriati with her magnificent looks , great personality and brilliant tennis . |
| 7 | I remember recording 13 groups in one day , and the only thing that kept me sane was knowing I was getting music together with Enya . |
| 8 | I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help . |
| 9 | But , at that stage , the only thing that prevented me from saying , ‘ oh well , I 'll go and find a regular job instead , ’ was that I was aware that this thing existed — racialism — and that whatever happened , getting away from it , getting out of the firing line , would n't help me . |
| 10 | One thing that struck me was the great need to bear children . |
| 11 | The first thing that struck me about Dana 's poems was his incredibly tiny script , an almost minuscule handwriting that was often difficult to decipher . |
| 12 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 13 | That was the first thing that struck me when I asked you to dance . |
| 14 | One thing that struck me about this contraceptive suggestion was that it was being made by people who totally disapproved of all experimentation on animals . |
| 15 | Cliff Bastin said of his celebrated partner : ‘ The first thing that struck me about Alex was his terrific self-confidence . |
| 16 | It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect . |
| 17 | ‘ As for Guns N ’ Roses , I bought ‘ Appetite For Destruction ’ three years ago and the one thing that struck me was just how exciting the guitars were . |
| 18 | Another thing that struck me was the difference in sexual attitudes between Germany and Britain . |
| 19 | For many years I consulted for the American GE in Schenectady and the thing that struck me there was the way that when they wanted to attack a particular area they could mount an army of people on it , all of whom were pretty good . ’ |
| 20 | There 's one thing that struck me right . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's just the principle of the thing that struck me . ’ |
| 22 | The nineteen twenty six strike , the o the thing that struck me most of all was , they were going to out the railway men . |
| 23 | ‘ There was one thing that struck me as a bit odd when I had a chance to look back on it . |
| 24 | The first thing that struck me was the weight of everything . |
| 25 | The thing that struck me most about the room was its symmetry . |
| 26 | The first thing that struck me on listening to the new debut album by Sam Brown was her voice ; no syrupy coyness here , just a warm direct immediacy which is absolutely winning . |
| 27 | with this film it will be , you know , compulsory , you wo n't be able to make that choice , erm and the other one , the other thing that struck me just from one of the particular extracts of , of people standing on top of this cliff , erm is , is the way that the importance of , in something like a film where it 's , you know , it 's done for good , you know the importance of having an actual creative writer |
| 28 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 29 | What would you say about the fact , the thing that struck me about that , ‘ Councillor Grubb today made first call to the helpline , he said , ‘ a free service ’ which , to me , sounded as though what he actually said down the phone to the helpline was |
| 30 | 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 . |