Example sentences of "to be the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought about playing her harmonica , but that seemed to be the one thing that was n't in her bag . |
| 2 | Finally I had to reconcile myself — I really believe this , but it 's not a thing you can say without emotion and maybe regret — that , yes , life is sacred , but the quality of life is also important , and it has to be the determining thing in this particular case . |
| 3 | Going to the toilet is an important part of the day 's activities , and is likely to be the first thing the patient does . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , yeah , but they do n't exactly consider you to be the greatest thing since sliced bread , now do they ? ’ she opined . |
| 5 | If they are not , Mrs Thatcher will either have to reconsider her faith in the private sector always to do what she deems to be the right thing , or she will have to promote changes in the way in which the markets go about their business . |
| 6 | People wanted it and it seemed to be the right thing to do — and we did it . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , this did n't seem to be the right thing to say either . |
| 8 | It has to be the right thing to do . |
| 9 | The fabric of our society would be seen to be the ridiculous thing it is . |
| 10 | ‘ Thirty years ago having a child outside marriage was n't considered to be the accepted thing . |
| 11 | In opera , Eyre 's production of Berlioz 's Beatrice and Benedict for the Buxton Festival in 1980 was considered by some observers to be the best thing he ever did . |
| 12 | This college seemed as if it was going to be the best thing that happened to me . |
| 13 | You may be a sign that avoids deep , dark and passionate waters but often what you most fear turns out to be the best thing for you . |
| 14 | However , because we 're going to include waiver of premium automatically for most of our clients it 's got to be the best thing , the best option , we 're looking at two pounds and tuppence as a policy fee , because that 's including two percent waiver of premiums . |
| 15 | As he explains , ‘ Those immediate objects of perception , which according to [ some ] … are only appearances of things , I take to be the real things themselves . ’ |
| 16 | No , no , no , no , no , he said , it 's got to be the real thing , you 've got to start out as you mean to go on Get it right from the beginning . |
| 17 | We used them as demos but we cut them to be the real thing . ’ |
| 18 | John Hinde , boss of the Manchester store , said : ‘ Nobody expected him to be the real thing . ’ |
| 19 | But then she had heard that soft , unmistakable ‘ pop ’ from the tiny kitchen and her host had re-entered carrying a chilled bottle which the trace of vapour trailing from its neck proclaimed to be the real thing . |
| 20 | The fire , which turned out to be the real thing and not the gas imitation she feared , gave out a welcoming warmth . |
| 21 | He contends that these seem to be the only things which are really very good when imagined in isolation . |
| 22 | Yet still they work in improving the mood from where it is now and still there may be no perception that the depressed mood and damaging consequences of use could possibly be the responsibility of the very substances and processes that seem to be the only things that can make life better . |
| 23 | Said by Marilyn Monroe to be the only thing she worse in bed . |
| 24 | One regular passenger said : ‘ Her presence seems to be the only thing that makes the trains run on time . ’ |
| 25 | However , through all the long years of the Unix wars , Tivoli 's offering seemed to be the only thing that all the key parties could agree on . |
| 26 | However , through all the long years of the Unix wars Tivoli seemed to be the only thing that all the key parties could agree on . |
| 27 | It does not have to be the only thing which persuaded him to do so but it does have to have been a factor in influencing him . |
| 28 | It looked very probable that the ball was not going to be the only thing to rise in the air — Mafouz himself , Robert felt , was about to climb up like a helicopter , clear of the grass , and hover over Wimbledon . |
| 29 | I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to and say what I wanted to when I painted as that seemed to be the only thing I could do that did n't concern anybody but myself — that was nobody 's business but my own . |
| 30 | Seemed to be the only thing to do to them . |