Example sentences of "thing [conj] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , it serves as proof that housework is work : the spelling out of these rules to be followed places housework in the same category as other work — there are things that simply have to be done . |
| 2 | ‘ David , listen I 'm sorry I 'm late , one of those things that just had to be done ; you know I 've got a casting at 1.30 — where would you like to start ? ’ |
| 3 | After adaptation , things that initially appeared to be off to one side appear directly ahead again . |
| 4 | The things that still needed to be done here were : Guttering to be replaced . |
| 5 | And another thing that sometimes had to be done was writing out off er the they did n't put er notices in shop windows or anything . |