Example sentences of "[pers pn] was the [num ord] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was the last thing which I had anticipated , and the last thing which I sought . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |
| 3 | She picked up her book and began reading , making a show of turning the pages so that he was left in no doubt that his presence next to her was the last thing she needed . |
| 4 | ‘ It was the first thing you wanted to do , ’ she says . |
| 5 | ‘ … a burst of cannon shell in the cockpit : it was the first thing I knew … ’ |
| 6 | Mel Smith has been on the opening show of two series so far , and it was the first thing he mentioned . |
| 7 | And of course it was the first thing Hepzibah said , turning pink and steamy from the stove and smiling as if it were the most natural thing in the world that Carrie and Nick should appear in her kitchen at precisely this minute . |
| 8 | It was the first thing he 'd said , all afternoon . |
| 9 | It was the first thing he 'd said the whole twenty miles . |
| 10 | Rostov had chosen the speech simply because it was the first thing which came to mind . |
| 11 | It was the first thing I 'd ever kept from her . |
| 12 | It was the first thing we had … |
| 13 | One is illustrated by the fact that the blacks call their church first purchase , this is because it was the first thing that their community bought when they were all released from slavery , another form of racial prejudice on behalf of the whites . |
| 14 | The digger careered around in a big circle , so that when the two humans crawled out of the wreckage it was the first thing they saw . |
| 15 | It was the first thing I asked . ’ |
| 16 | We 're , working on an hotel project I think and we 're up to week thirteen on the programme and I think you might be able to see on week thirteen and given the information we 've got at the moment as well , it means we 're gon na be working on three floors at once so it was the first thing to identify . |
| 17 | ‘ It was the first thing that came into my head . |
| 18 | Even if it was the last thing she was ever able to do , Phoebe would have known it , and would have to notice her now . |
| 19 | ‘ It was the last thing she talked about . ’ |
| 20 | Secretly Sam vowed that he would find it again if it was the last thing he did . |
| 21 | I responded with a patient and well-informed explanation of how and why the SDP had no such plans and it was the last thing Mrs Williams would do . |
| 22 | Mildred spent a lot of time by the pond telling the frog-magician that she had n't forgotten him and that she would get him out if it was the last thing she did . |
| 23 | Well , I could hardly say no , although it was the last thing I wanted . |
| 24 | The disbelief round the table was sudden ; it was the last thing they expected to hear . |
| 25 | " So am I. It was the last thing I expected or wanted to happen . " |
| 26 | ‘ But it 's lovely , ’ said Emily , with surprise , as if it was the last thing she had expected . |
| 27 | He would find him and pay him out if it was the last thing he ever did . |
| 28 | I vowed then , as I have vowed many times before and since , that I would never again make myself so vulnerable to the team , that I would get them off my back and out of my life if it was the last thing I did . |
| 29 | It was the last thing in the world I wanted to do , but I could n't refuse , not after the work that had gone into a production like this . |
| 30 | It was the last thing the surveillance team had expected . |