Example sentences of "[vb base] the thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd dress up in our party things ; just put a little pinny on to start ; unpack the things from Fortnum 's , put them on to plates . |
| 2 | He 's having some dinner in the , they eat , they eat the thing in the flowers it 's all like sweet sauce . |
| 3 | Push the things out . |
| 4 | I try to lead as normal a life as possible and not think about my condition or regret the things it prevents me from doing , which are not that many . |
| 5 | We regret the things we failed to do , we reproach ourselves for things we did do and feel relief that we have moved on . |
| 6 | When I 'm getting ready for a party — you know , you have a bath some time in the early afternoon or evening , you work out what to wear , you lay the things out on the bed that you vaguely know you look nice in , you roughly know what make-up suits you … well , that 's the point when I start thinking about my leg , and whether it will show . |
| 7 | on Thursday , we go on a book buying expedition , every year , June and me , we choose a lot of books of , but it 's a lot more fun to go and actually pick the things off the shelve |
| 8 | So we charge for the time we go to the first address pick the thing up go to the second unload and get back to depot . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going for a walk , ’ said Beuno , ‘ because Hywel wants me to help dip the sheep and I hate the things . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I hate the things — and I utterly condemn those who deal in them . ’ |
| 11 | Make the things come on . |
| 12 | Whichever type of man we think of , we may find it difficult to say whether by ‘ property ’ we mean the things themselves or the aggregate of rights which are exercised over them . |
| 13 | I mean the things he 's coming away with are n't real . |
| 14 | I got it cos Sue needs to know , I mean the things they do at , at her work are just unbelievable . |
| 15 | yeah , they 're not even allowed free travel in their own country , but they are , it 's a police state , they are checked and double-checked , and I mean the things we hear now about , they have a lot of Philippine workers there |
| 16 | Oh no , no I do n't , no I do n't mean no I do n't mean I do n't mean the business going here , I mean the things that I pay . |
| 17 | I 'm not bothered cos I , I mean the things that we did last year |
| 18 | I mean the things is |
| 19 | Well I mean the thing is , as soon as the Citizens open the box office for pantomime , I phoned them and said |
| 20 | But I mean the thing is here that the twenty thousand pounds , if it 's invested er into National Savings , you c you 've got another ten thousand and you could look for er a fixed return . |
| 21 | Yes , that 's right , er I mean the thing is you do n't know how much income you 've got to generate really . |
| 22 | I mean the thing happened , the float indeed was just split . |
| 23 | Well the , I mean the thing is that erm over the past erm we 've been recommended to people |
| 24 | I mean the thing is . |
| 25 | I mean the thing , they should know , I mean like Dave said every couple of weeks , but ev |
| 26 | I mean alright she , we have n't phoned each other but I mean the thing is half of her she 's just so naive with mother . |
| 27 | I mean the thing is at the age of sixty he has no conception of what it 's like to be your age at this period . |
| 28 | Yeah and , and if you could , I mean the thing is , if you 're , if er , if we did n't have each other to go off with erm it would have made everything for us a lot different , I mean okay we 're lucky we 're in a situation where we do know a lot of people who are , who are like- minded |
| 29 | I know , so I mean the thing is that we 've always said have n't ya as long as you can sort of get 'em down |
| 30 | Mm , either way though , I mean the thing is if they do , you , you would be in for a little bit of something , if you hung it out till be , to being redundant |