Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] thing you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The diesel check , described by one test station owner as ‘ the worst possible thing you could do to any engine , ’ was suspended yesterday pending the results of an inquiry into the damage claims . |
| 2 | The only good thing you can say about Man U is that they lost the league championship this season ( fancy getting beaten by Leeds ! ) . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's one other thing you might care to know , ’ the Brigadier said . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's one other thing you should know . |
| 5 | And one other thing you should know for the record : Jimmy Rowe , the old man 's accountant , and I are joint executors , God help us ! ’ |
| 6 | Miss Milward said calmly : ‘ I think the only other thing you may need to know , Major , is the first Frau Eismark 's name . |
| 7 | The only other thing you could do |
| 8 | The other interesting thing you would find about vocabulary and treatment between the tabloids and the Independent is the Independent has a policy of very little coverage of the Royal Family and I suspect that other than a paragraph or a sentence or two of introduction , that those four paragraphs at the foot of the page are simply the text of her speech courtiers and media blamed as the Princess retreats from public life , I suspect that you will find that that is not a story , it is simply a statement of fact and an actual reprint of the text of her speech . |
| 9 | Yesterday I did another radio mix , just the kind of dodgy old thing you 'd do in your bedroom , and they were videoing it . |