Example sentences of "[art] thing [conj] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sometimes it really gets me down , ’ he admits , ‘ but the thing that keeps me goin' is live performances . |
| 2 | The thing that attracted me was that it was n't your average plonk , plonk , three cord amateur musician . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Weak form : ‘ The price is the thing that annoys me ’ |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | The thing that upset me most is the verbal abuse . |
| 8 | and like the thing is obviously like the first realise there on a and they try to stop it , why are you stopping for , remember you are in the British army , if you disobey orders you 'll get a court marshall really started laying onto them , and like they 've started again and like the first bloke obviously got to the fucking water , cos he 's stopped again , one man one sides shouting out and round the other side shouting out and they have they 've all gone in , they must of thought fuck it and they 've all just fucking marched into the sea , and we marched them in , tent was only about that much above water , and we 've lasted thought , this is the thing that got me , he , he shouted at him , cos we , we , we managed to get them and that , he said right , right , go in , go in and tell them to come out , what , I said what , can you just pop in and tell them to come out , I said over here sarge , he said you disobey an order |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | The thing that gets me though is erm , when they done these exercise you 've got |
| 11 | And you know the thing , no wait a minute , the thing that gets me is you know when James fancied me ? |
| 12 | But the thing that concerned me , my little lad 's had tonsillitis three times on the trot . |
| 13 | The thing that upsets me when I see all these pregnant people walking around is that I did n't do it . |
| 14 | The thing that kept me glued to the TV was the gorgeous Jennifer Capriati with her magnificent looks , great personality and brilliant tennis . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | LADY DAVERS : Aye , that 's the thing that kills me , [ calmly to PAMELA , a last , vicious attack ] have no fear , wench , no fear . |
| 17 | ’ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The thing that made me a little envious was this girl — she 's his assistant on this particular film — ringing up , and there was a slight chance they would be going to Switzerland that day , and suddenly I was in there again and I thought how exciting it all was and how nice it would be to go off filming again . |
| 20 | The thing that made me feel he was more normal was this little bit of dialogue . |
| 21 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's just the principle of the thing that struck me . ’ |
| 25 | The nineteen twenty six strike , the o the thing that struck me most of all was , they were going to out the railway men . |
| 26 | The thing that struck me most about the room was its symmetry . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | The thing that hit me , really hit me , was that they are the first group who have really said anything serious , analytical , about housework . |
| 29 | But the thing that impressed me most was the friendship between the rabbi and the rector . |
| 30 | " The thing that impressed me most was seeing the pros in trouble get out of trouble , " he says . |