Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEENAGERS today want love and relationships as well as sex but they say there 's one thing holding them back — adults . |
| 2 | say it was any thing to bother about |
| 3 | ‘ Before we go there 's one thing I would like to do . |
| 4 | I mean it 's one thing |
| 5 | I mean it 's one thing letting the committee know for their records or something . |
| 6 | I mean it was one thing standing up in front of my own group and giving a lecture , but it was quite another kettle of kippers doing it in front of a strange class . |
| 7 | I think there 's one thing though that we 've got to avoid , if if we 're going to pass any of our information across , and that 's the element of fashion . |
| 8 | Yes , erm I think there 's one thing which erm the general public do n't realise about council house rents and housing benefit , since we 've got this ring fence round the housing account the housing benefit which is paid to our tenants who are on low incomes is , in fact , paid by the other tenants . |
| 9 | It 's not Carry it 's this thing we have to she tape conversations for speech therapy . |
| 10 | No , I 'm not suggesting it , but erm I think it 's one thing that erm will prolong the war . |
| 11 | You see it 's one thing for Jesus to say that it 's another for us to believe it and accept it . |