Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] thing [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 well I do n't know how long this thing will last
2 Only one thing might save her — and her baby , of course .
3 Only one thing could make me angry and that is if you demand to leave here . ’
4 Only one thing could wrench her out of it : concrete love towards a concrete person .
5 " Only one thing could open the French people 's eyes — fear , " he had told one of his former advisers shortly after resigning in 1946 .
6 Now only one thing can make the report look better .
7 Hardly any thing could resist this accuracy at which I was much impressed , though a bit alarmed at Griffin himself , who sat around on a stool amid the most dreadful carnage and what was later known as flak in order to observe the behaviour and results of his phenomenal piece of artillery .
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