Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [art] [adj] thing " in BNC.

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1 I 'll , I 'll be going to the village hall but I might have to go back to the Cross Keys , that 's why I put Roger , perhaps I put the wrong thing on you see ?
2 So I said the only thing he would believe .
3 so I says the only thing that 'll be is to er toast cheese on toast
4 I could n't stand the thought of him seeing anyone else and so I did the only thing I could think of : I decided to spy on him .
5 So I did the logical thing — for a gambler , that is .
6 The Transit being left-hand drive , I was nearest to her so I did the gentlemanly thing .
7 So I decided the first thing we had to do was define the difference between lead gear and bass gear , so we had to completely change the look .
8 So we do a little thing like this .
9 I had always loved walking so it seemed the obvious thing to do .
10 One , as it were , to pick out addresses , one to pick out socio-economic groups , one to pick out motor cars , one to pick out number of bedrooms , one to pick out whatever , and trivially or , or superficially everyone says the same thing , a database , it 's on the database , now
11 And if not I think the next thing actually is to move the decoder or change the decoder
12 I do try to give the rescue teams some feedback on the casualties , so that they know whether or not they did the right things .
13 There 's nothing really more I mean the whole thing is a budget guesstimate .
14 Peter married a woman with two sons , aged non and 12. he had always been impressed by the boys ' good behaviour and had n't realised it was because their mother hits them whenever they do the slightest thing wrong .
15 And erm , they recorded different things , but Mat but also they recorded the same things as well
16 And now I have a terrible thing to tell you .
17 No doubt the Duchess , like George Eliot 's readers , would have possessed her own copy of Dorothea 's sourcebook : ‘ I have been examining all the plans for cottages in Loudon 's book , and picked out what seem the best things , ’ she tells Sir James .
18 Well everyone gets the same thing .
19 Well I expect the whole thing needs washing does n't it ?
20 Right , well I think the best thing to do is to leave it until I see the advert again
21 The other thing , which I think is a , another great misconception is er our present Prime Ministers ' policy of having a classless society , well I think the first thing is you could do is actually abolish the House of Lords and that will certainly be a start on having a classless society in this country .
22 Well I think the first thing is , we have to bring out into the open the way in which the law is being misused .
23 ‘ So about a year ago I knocked the whole thing on the head .
24 Yeah , I have worked all my life in various jobs and I 've never yet met a man who hated me nor have I hated any man , and I think there must be many women here who think the same thing .
25 Well you know the big things and this girl was
26 Why do n't you switch the darn thing off and listen to me ! ’
27 Do n't you know the first thing about seduction ? ’
28 I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ?
29 And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’
30 And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’
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