Example sentences of "[verb] that the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggest that the first thing is erm comments on what recommendation you will be thinking of making to the church in regard to the visit of er Mr and Mrs . |
| 2 | Benn promised that the first thing he would do when returning home would be to go straight to see Michael Watson . |
| 3 | ‘ I remember once , though , when Sounds were searching for an interview and I happened to know that the whole thing was a set-up . |
| 4 | But I would have expected that the whole thing would have to be operated by , somebody who was qualified . |
| 5 | Imagine my surprise when I heard Douglas Hurd say that the only thing which would make Saddam Hssein toe the line on UN demands short of outright force was sanctions . |
| 6 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 7 | The lone mothers in the Bradshaw and Millar study reported that the best thing about being a lone parent was ‘ independence ’ ( while the worst was ‘ loneliness ’ ) and 47 per cent said they preferred to stay as lone parents in the near future , rather than re-marry ( 23 per cent ) or live with a partner ( 13 per cent ) . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , even fervent Unionists concede that the worst thing for the Union might be another Conservative government with even fewer Scottish seats . |
| 9 | Then he realized that the only thing of Jenny 's which was there was the familiar , wide , all-illuminating grin on the face of the young man in muddy rugby kit who was walking alone in the picture . |
| 10 | Alexander realized that the right thing to do would be the last thing that we would think of doing , if left to ourselves . |
| 11 | And from that moment on there would be absolutely no way of ever proving that the whole thing had been faked . |
| 12 | She realised that the strange thing about him was that he was not drunk . |
| 13 | For , trying to analyse why she should want to see him again so badly , she realised that the only thing she could be positive of was that her wanting to see him again had nothing whatsoever to do with that infernal interview ! |
| 14 | As she spoke she suddenly realised that the whole thing made sense simply because of that , the only thing that mattered . |
| 15 | I was interested to see that the first thing for which the Cambodians and Vietnamese asked — even before getting rid of mines in Cambodia — was English language training . |
| 16 | One has only to substitute the name of Jesus for ‘ love ’ in that chapter to see that the whole thing is a pen picture of Christ 's way of life . |
| 17 | He takes on board that the time taken for this job was too long but insists that the only thing accompanying the forms was a handwritten note from you asking them to change 1600 — 1650 on SW143 and 1605 to 1655 on SW142 . |
| 18 | Rain said nothing , reflecting that the odd thing was that it had taken Sabine Jourdain so long to outgrow her need of that relationship . |
| 19 | She went up the narrow stone stairs with infinite care , reflecting that the last thing she needed was to slip and sprain something , and peered cautiously around her . |
| 20 | A UEFA spokesman said : ‘ Tbilisi argued that the only thing they were guilty of being naive but the rules are clearly stated . |
| 21 | The survey people stressed the importance of neutrality and objectivity in research , and the participant observation enthusiasts argued that the essential thing about social life is what it means to those involved , and that the only valid way of getting at these meanings is to participate in the lives of those who shared them . |
| 22 | ‘ You mean that the whole thing is a fraud ? ’ |
| 23 | Nicholas believed that the best thing non-Russians could do was become Russian . |
| 24 | Having been told that the Government have conceded that the whole thing is nonsense , I can not begin to understand why we are not getting rid of it now , taking the strain off last year 's poll tax , which is becoming intolerable . |
| 25 | Paul tells him about how John never got to go to Disneyland when he was little , and all his life John 's wanted to go , and Paul 's decided that the one thing they have to do for him is to take him to Disneyland . |
| 26 | Stevie , deeply troubled , had decided that the only thing was to fall in with her mood , but he kept catching Patrick 's eye . |
| 27 | Mr Mike Bennett , chairman of the Metropolitan branch of the Police Federation , said last night : ‘ I just hope that the honourable thing is done in relation to the 18 other officers who are still to come before the magistrate on January 25 . ’ |
| 28 | One Peruvian veteran recalled that the worst thing about the vampiros is that , because they are such brilliant surgeons , they can make their incisions without even waking the victim . |
| 29 | How about erm the grim reaper called upon you ca n't do that the same thing as God smiled upon ? |
| 30 | It might be argued that the only thing you can measure is the claims ratio . |