Example sentences of "[vb pp] the thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's versioned the things that should be versioned and has put out a request to others in the division for copies of any other forms that we use that do n't feature in procedures . |
| 2 | It bore its load of textbooks incongruously , and a typewriter that a parishioner had given Anna , a weekender who worked on a London newspaper , and who had sworn , positively , that she had outgrown the thing , did n't need it . |
| 3 | Clara could have forgiven the things their ugliness , if that very ugliness were not such a source of pride . |
| 4 | I ai n't heard the thing yet . |
| 5 | Pyramid originally designed the thing as a one-to-eight-processor affair , but scaled back to four CPUs , presumably at Olivetti 's request . |
| 6 | We 've owned the thing for two years and only taken it out that one time when it snowed . ’ |
| 7 | Tricord has already debuted the things as its 5000 series in the US running a variety of operating systems — though Sequent has an exclusive deal on NT versions . |
| 8 | If I had n't taken that opportunity I 'm sure I would never have done the things I later did in the refinery business . |
| 9 | A furious John Major hit back by telling MPs that his government had done the things Mr Lawson had wanted but failed to do . |
| 10 | If I had done the things he has done , if I had copulated with whores so indiscriminately and shamelessly , then I too would expect to find some signs of such evil upon my frame . |
| 11 | Maybe I 'm just saying I wish we had n't done the things that went wrong — old men think like that kit themselves along . |
| 12 | How could I know , unless I had moved the things out ? |
| 13 | While the wife was getting dressed I took another cherry from the packet and prepared the thing . |
| 14 | I should n't have said the things I did . |
| 15 | Nick Clayton himself denied he had ever said the things relating to medical evidence that had been quoted . |
| 16 | I 'm so sorry , I should n't have said the things I did . ’ |
| 17 | Eric was inconsolable , desperate with grief because he had made the thing Blyth had used to destroy our beloved pets . |
| 18 | Analysts that have seen the things at beta test sites in the US expect them to be announced next year for delivery in 1994 — but analysts are almost always too optimistic in forecasting IBM announcement dates . |
| 19 | " You have n't seen the things I 've got to show you . " |
| 20 | Oh I think that 's , when you , when I 've seen the things on the telly you know showing these traveller things , it does look a prettier island , it does look quite a lo a bit , nicer island the scenery and |
| 21 | Erm one of the other things that , that was mentioned was the magazine he 'd seen , he 'd seen , he 'd seen the thing on |
| 22 | In my own mind I had valued the things at 4000 roubles each . |
| 23 | ( I had n't really thought the thing out properly . |
| 24 | With her broken fingers , she probably could n't have outdrawn the thing . |
| 25 | I was gon na say they ai n't got the things to do it . |
| 26 | I have n't got the things yet , I mean I have |
| 27 | Wait Lis , I ai n't got the things on . |
| 28 | And er within a few months we 'd got the thing going till they were blowing out , and we were making it hand over fist you see ? |
| 29 | Would n't it be a greater waste of money though now having got the thing there though to shift it out the way completely Dorothy ? |
| 30 | But to my mind it 's got the thing the wrong way round . |