Example sentences of "[adj] thing you [vb mod] n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | That 's another thing you ca n't get now is very much is chocolate blancmange . |
2 | But there 's one thing you wo n't find in nature . |
3 | She said , she said there 's one thing you wo n't get diphtheria ! |
4 | ‘ One thing you wo n't have out there ’ Agnes said ‘ is a credit card for Winterbotham . |
5 | Remember , the one thing you ca n't do is duck the issue . |
6 | But one thing you ca n't do , is criticise this county council at all , it 's simply not our fault . |
7 | That I 'm afraid that 's one thing you ca n't do |
8 | But one thing you ca n't disguise is that you 'd rather not be there . |
9 | They like things to be loud and dramatic , and if there 's one thing you ca n't have in good sorcery , it 's loud noises and drama . |
10 | You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values . |
11 | The one thing you ca n't quibble about is the voice . |
12 | ‘ We did magnificently but had one mad moment — the one thing you should n't do against Liverpool is to give John Barnes a free-kick in that position . ’ |
13 | It was the one thing you could n't do when you stayed in a hotel . |
14 | That 's one thing you need n't worry about . |
15 | A remote , glass-encased thing you could n't touch … |
16 | About the only thing you ca n't do is edit . |
17 | The only thing you ca n't do is soft those , we can do diamonds , erm , the only thing you ca n't do is pearls |
18 | The only thing you ca n't do is soft those , we can do diamonds , erm , the only thing you ca n't do is pearls |