The death of a man is a sad enough thing to watch, but he goes by himself, taking nothing else with him.

The sad thing is 2012 will be much the same.

The sad thing is, I'll never have the opportunity to know for sure.

I have known many sad things and lived through them all.

What you say makes sense but the sad thing is nothing has changed.

The sad thing is, most of my close friends are now dead.

It became a very sad thing for me to watch.

The sad thing is, I agree with everything in your article.

It was a sad thing when we lost our child.

That's the sad thing because we're not in the same office any more.