Example sentences of "know [pers pn] [be] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wo n't know it 's the real thing unless you ( and she ) still feel the same in , oh , a year or so at least ; that 's the only way to prove you are n't living a dragonfly mistake . |
| 2 | As you know it 's the only thing that brings Gesner to heel . |
| 3 | you know it 's the worse thing |
| 4 | I know it 's the best thing that ever happened to me . |
| 5 | You know it 's the one thing I really ca n't stand , Antoinette shouted : disobedience . |
| 6 | Because you know it 's the same thing . |
| 7 | I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 8 | I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 9 | but in those days it was n nobody thought i you know it was the done thing . |
| 10 | whereas Caesar did n't take the crown because he was ambitious , he knew it was the right thing to do . |
| 11 | Thérèse respectfully sent the nuns a faire-part , edged in black ; she knew it was the correct thing to do . |
| 12 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 13 | God knows you 're the only thing in my life to have any meaning since Johnnie died . |