Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the real thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ The campaign is being organised to mirror the real thing . |
| 2 | ‘ Then all I can say is that if that was make-believe I ca n't wait to sample the real thing ! ’ |
| 3 | It has to resemble the real thing as done in the fields . |
| 4 | I 'd like to do the real thing . ’ |
| 5 | Mount cutting is a skilled job , so it is advisable to practise on some offcuts of mounting board before attempting to cut the real thing . |
| 6 | What makes the commentators on man-godhood and related themes misleading , why they fail to evoke the real thing , is that they suggest an object which is stable and personal ( as opposed to volatile and transpersonal ) . |
| 7 | Taken to an extreme , driving and flight simulators aim to duplicate the real thing exactly and if used repetitively they could assess changes due to daily rhythms . |