Example sentences of "say [pers pn] [be] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every year in October we say it is the finest thing in the garden . |
| 2 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
| 3 | Mrs Danby says it 's the best thing ! ’ |
| 4 | We 've had lots of letters saying it was the worst thing we 've ever done . |
| 5 | She used to say it was the best thing in the house . |
| 6 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |
| 7 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |
| 8 | I suppose you might say it 's the real thing . ’ |