Example sentences of "[conj] it be the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I could hardly say no , although it was the last thing I wanted . |
| 2 | Although it was the last thing on their minds . |
| 3 | The problem is , as you access customer transactions and might want to raise an invoice , it 's intuitive to click on the INVOICE button in that section , thinking , not un-naturally , that it 's the right thing to do . |
| 4 | ‘ Just be careful , and make sure you know what you 're doing — that it 's the right thing , whatever it is . ’ |
| 5 | small number of sentences number that they come out understanding and that 's rather mysterious So to explain just in general terms , you 're interested in describing language in such a way that it 's the kindest thing that 's easy to learn , rather than hard to learn . |
| 6 | So he is doing well if he genuinely feels no lusting after earthly things but such a burning love of God that it is the only thing he wants to talk about , the only activity he wishes to pursue ; and if anything which furthers it , however apparently difficult , is easily done , and any hardship suffered gladly with genuinely indestructible inner joy . |
| 7 | Erika has been away plenty of times , and if Fräulein Silber thinks that it is the right thing to do then it is the right thing . |
| 8 | I do n't actually think that , that , that it 's quite so clear cut , I think that there 's still a bit of persuading that , that we have to do to persuade people that it is the right thing . |
| 9 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 10 | We may defensively claim that it was the right thing to do at the time . |
| 11 | I explained that I had felt that it was the right thing to do ; it expressed what I felt . |
| 12 | He was certainly enjoying life more than ever before , and when Eva finally announced that we were moving to London he admitted that it was the right thing to do . |
| 13 | She signed because she was persuaded that it was the right thing to do , not because her husband 's pressure deprived her consent of reality . |
| 14 | I am proud to confess that , in the 1970s , I campaigned for a national minimum wage because I felt that it was the right thing to do then . |
| 15 | And both concluded with an inner shrug that it was the right thing for the job in hand ; anything else could wait . |
| 16 | They were in total agreement that it was the best thing for both sides that Isabelle should go . |
| 17 | I said a large mug of strong , sweet tea would do the job and she agreed , adding that it was the best thing ‘ after a shock ’ . |
| 18 | I am sure that it was the wrong thing to do ; still , he would always have been interfering , I suppose . ’ |
| 19 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |
| 20 | You see , it is n't easy to get this kind of job without having had previous experience , and it 's the only thing I can do , because I 've no qualifications . |
| 21 | one piece round here and then the other piece goes around there and it 's the only thing is |
| 22 | Brenda Campbell says to ride a 100 miles on a horse is quite something in itself but to ride it at a fast pace and be able to get off is semothing else and it 's the best thing you can do with a horse |
| 23 | ‘ I 've had a shoulder injury for the last three or four games and it 's the last thing you need when you are struggling to score your first goal . |
| 24 | And it 's the same thing over and over again . ’ |
| 25 | And anything that goes in between those disturbs the beam and it causes an electric current to sound the alarm and it 's the same thing that happens with the er detectors . |
| 26 | So and it 's the same thing with the preferences . |
| 27 | ‘ We are her close friends and it is the last thing we would do . |
| 28 | We are all familiar with water , as our bodies are mostly made up of it , and it is the easiest thing to dowse for . |
| 29 | ‘ I went on a submarine trip when I was 16 , and it was the greatest thing I could imagine then to serve my country in a submarine . |
| 30 | Mel Smith has been on the opening show of two series so far , and it was the first thing he mentioned . |