Example sentences of "[pers pn] that the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had little hope of re-employment , and so it seemed to me that the only thing to do was to set up in business , ’ he explains . |
| 2 | It appeared to me that the only thing he had never mastered was paper hanging . |
| 3 | It was enough to daunt most people , but she once told me that the only thing that dismayed her was sorting out their incredible mass of luggage , making sure that the right things went by the right route and that nothing was left behind . |
| 4 | An interview with this adviser subsequently confirmed that the self-appraisal was not accorded great importance : ‘ On the role of the self-appraisal , it seems to me that the whole thing has been made into a very big deal and ought not to be . |
| 5 | Consequently , it is rather amusing to have Gergiev tell you that the only thing he misses about the bad old days before perestroika is the order . |
| 6 | You remember I said to you that the only thing any witnesses could agree on about the first bloke who killed himself was his staring eyes ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But I can assure you that the last thing the Football League wants is a repeat of the Maidstone situation where a club struggles through the summer to a new season and then folds . |
| 8 | It was n't long after the conversation about the Ivor Novello Award that he became much more resolved that he did n't need Ken Pitt as manager , so I said to him that the only thing he could do in that case was to get an attorney who would break the contract . |
| 9 | They had also taught him that the first thing to do with a wounded man was clear his breathing . |
| 10 | I 've tried to tell him that the last thing Project Eden needs is an Administrator who 's crazy as a dakkabug , but will he listen to me ? ’ |
| 11 | It seemed to her that the only thing worth doing was to walk deep into those glades , far away from everything ; she thought of lingering by the streams and watching the sunlight move , in silence . |
| 12 | Nenna had no more than an animal 's sense of direction and distance , but it seemed to her that the right thing to do would be to try to reach the City , then , once she got to Blackfriars , she knew where the river was , and though that would be Lambeth Reach or King 's Reach , a long way downstream of the boats , still , once she had got to the river she would be on the way home . |
| 13 | She told us that the best thing for him would be to have some traction sessions three times a week at Wrexham Hospital . |
| 14 | How many times did wee Norrie tell us that the only thing standing in the way of recovery was the uncertainty caused by the election when in truth the economy was wrecked after years of mismanagement , the pound weak because our manufacturing base had been destroyed ? |