Example sentences of "[vb pp] [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd of seriously given that thing a good kicking |
| 2 | Thanks for coming on David now you 've hated this thing ever since it 's gone up have n't you ? |
| 3 | I 've left out and altered some things because they were n't right for a court report . |
| 4 | The same could be said of his father Denethor , to whom Gandalf again makes the point that even unhandled the Ring can be dangerous : ‘ if you had received this thing , it would have overthrown you . |
| 5 | The the the the trouble is he got more recognition for that for getting no points at all than he did probably if he 'd have bloody won that thing . |
| 6 | Working conditions were matched with those in the main work area , and Mayo then varied such things as room temperature , humidity , hours of work , and rest-breaks . |
| 7 | Sally-Anne , for thinking this she was Sally-Anne again , not McAllister , Dr Neil 's acolyte in childbirth , had never seriously considered such things before , but living among the East End poor she was beginning to ask questions not only about her own , previously pampered life , but about life in general , and the stunted lives of those around her in particular . |
| 8 | They were the kinds of places in which learned authorities paraded such things as the wonders of nature , the relics of past ages , and the achievements of great people , before the eyes of a deferential and often uncomprehending populace . |
| 9 | To be a nation , said Ernest Renan , one of its great modern theorists , the individuals who make it up must have forgotten many things . |
| 10 | Well do you know , when I met , I , I 'm meeting old chaps through this very excellent marriage agency , I 've never expected any thing like it , they are marvellous , and the sent me a nice old lad , but I knew I was onto a looser when he said , of course I go to my daughter-in-law every Saturday for lunch , she absolutely insists because she says , she wants to make sure that I 'm eating properly , now this is a very healthy old man with a very good income who could afford to buy any food he wants and the fact of the matter is his that he 's son is probably not , he does n't want to upset his old dad , and it 's handy to have him to come on Saturday for lunch and be done with it as it were , but I thought surely Bernard your own sense would tell you that nobody want 's their old father and father-in-law every Saturday of their life , for lunch oh . |
| 11 | there we 've photocopied both things . |
| 12 | When they got to the pensione Sophia prayed quickly to whatever saint arranged such things — one of the less well known women saints , she felt — that it was going to be all right about the rooms . |
| 13 | have you turned them off , have you turned that thing off it 'll cook in the heat that 's on there wo n't it ? |
| 14 | Dear God , what had he done that things should come to such a pass as this ? |
| 15 | Have you seen that thing called Thighbone ? |
| 16 | Have you seen that thing Regarding Henry ? |
| 17 | I 've never seen that thing . |
| 18 | No I 've not decided but I know I am I 've done this thing before it 's |
| 19 | ‘ Who has done this thing ? ’ he hissed . |
| 20 | why , erm , at Dawn 's we erm done this thing , and it was sort of , there was four sides of it and it was one , then there was two inside , well there was one at the back , erm , Henry and Mrs said when you get these back you 'll see what you 've got , and people , she said , people who have got over twenty of er , the better than the people who are lower and I got twenty one |
| 21 | So er , anyway , I er I 've done this thing today , I 've to come up with , I 'll do this afternoon . |
| 22 | But he may not have done another thing ; he may just have faded into obscurity if he 'd lived on . ’ |
| 23 | And you 've made this thing , hydrogen carbonate |
| 24 | have you seen this thing , see in the paper , that they publish a picture |
| 25 | Have you seen this thing you put the button at the top to make their |
| 26 | There is no doubt that Trodd would have done some things differently , or at least struggled hard to get them changed . |
| 27 | " You 've done some things for me . |
| 28 | He has done some things . |
| 29 | It 's just looking at it in a slightly different way and trying , I 've done some things there to show you a , a sort of a system to use , use your own if you like but I want to see what comes in , what goes out , every time energy changes from one form into another form . |
| 30 | But you 've done some thing tonight , you know . |