Example sentences of "we [am/are] [verb] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | We see our own dissatisfactions , our own pointless , unfocused longings in her and we are forced , because we are shown the terrible thing that happens to her , to question aspects of ourselves which might otherwise remain unexamined . |
| 2 | Erm we 're not always privy to what goes on with the front bench , but yes we have established regular dialogue with Jack Straw and the environment team , in order that we make sure we are saying the same thing . |
| 3 | ‘ Hope we 're doing the right thing , ’ he whispered . |
| 4 | So what I was wondering was er the scheme is in it 's infancy this and I 'm all in the favour of the decentralising in principle , but I think we ought to perhaps look at it a bit closer , and I would suggest that we have an up-to-date report at the next meeting of this committee so we can compare it over a longer term so , as that we might then reflect on a if we 're doing the right thing or not . |
| 5 | So I believe we 're doing the right thing , I think it 's for the good of the country I think it 's for the good of the company and the shareholders . |
| 6 | ‘ I hope we 're doing the right thing , Doctor , ’ she said . |
| 7 | But , we 're doing the right thing for |
| 8 | and we can sing them and , feel that we 're doing the right thing and go our way but Lord we pray that the words we sing might be the words that we means , and the words that we say might be the things and the , the way we mean to conduct our lives . |
| 9 | I mean we hope we 're doing the right thing , and as I say the response we 're getting seems to indicate that , but we have not erm followed through each of we have a large number of participants every year , you see , in the order of about erm a hundred and fifty each year , so very difficult for you to try and follow through the fate of each of them . |
| 10 | We 're doing the same thing here , we 've got a , a low resistance letting a lot of current in , letting a lot of current go through . |
| 11 | And if we 're doing the same thing , they 're gon na s sooner of later they 're gon na click and they 're gon na say , Well you know , that 's too much of a good thing like you know . |
| 12 | And it looks like we 're doing the same thing , over and over , but we 've got one damned thing the phoenix never had . |
| 13 | We 're blowing the whole thing out the window , |
| 14 | The original meaning , as defined by Collins , has certainly taken a mean whipping before re-release into this streetwise prose but we 're talking the same thing here , are n't we ? |
| 15 | I think we 're saying the same thing . |