Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the whole thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | When occasionally they asked her what was the marketing strategy or the business plan and she said , openly , that there never had been one , her patent naturalness and honesty made the whole thing appear even more of a fairy story . |
| 2 | When one person has in their mind the whole range of the project from initial conception through data analysis and system design to sitting at the computer and typing the program lines into the computer , it 's not only more efficient : the person is creating in freedom like an artist and is involved in the act of creation at a deeper level and as a result enjoys the whole thing . |
| 3 | And during this time I am on the monitor studying the whole thing so that we can make our plans and adjustments for our filming with the real orchestra . |
| 4 | However , when the garment was completed I did n't like it and took the decision to unpick the whole thing . |
| 5 | So you want me to help you to produce a plan to solve the whole thing in the next five or six hours . |
| 6 | There is a twelve percent reduction in maintenance , partly because we sold some holdings , partly a cut in the service , it is a , it is a , it 's a , it 's a legal requirement to maintain the whole thing , under the terms of the agreement , and I 'm also , because of the change in our , dropping our , a land agent , now that 's a reduction of thirty three percent in the management of the estates , so I really am doing my best and resources quite rightly have held my noose in order to ensure that I do . |
| 7 | One unexpected bonus ( for those with contemporary level perfect pitch ) , is the fact that this is the original E flat version of the Magnificat , which means that those used to hearing the D major revision can rest comfortably as the ‘ authentic ’ pitch adjustment brings the whole thing down roughly a semi-tone anyway ! |
| 8 | What did daddy make the whole thing ? |
| 9 | Did daddy make the whole thing ? |
| 10 | Finally the Director brought the whole thing to a close ; he pulled his papers towards him , preparatory to getting up and said , |
| 11 | Instead , he felt only a strong desire to bring the whole thing to a finish … to do what he had come to do , risking life and limb in the process . |
| 12 | It has sixty four pages with one hundred and ninety thousand words They spent two days working around the clock typing it into a computer , now their master disc is being used by a Sunday newspaper to publish the whole thing this weekend . |
| 13 | She needed a sit down , a cup of strong coffee , and a chance to get the whole thing in proportion . |
| 14 | She 's engaging brain it takes her some time to come out to the phone instruct the whole thing . |
| 15 | He sang the songs that related quite indirectly to the next mime that took place and there was a slight story linking the whole thing — very slight harlequinade story — but it hardly mattered at all . |
| 16 | Sir Thomas Gray of Heton said that the peace was not in accordance with the king 's will and that the queen and Mortimer had used the opportunity of the king 's minority to arrange the whole thing . |
| 17 | ‘ It was my responsibility as a project to establish the whole thing , ’ he said proudly , adding that his work at Newcastle called for a very broad range of expertise . |
| 18 | It may well be that the policy was agreed by the shadow Cabinet , but some chance remark made by the Leader of the Opposition at Luigi 's restaurant threw the whole thing into disarray . |
| 19 | Was it your own suggestion to make the whole thing so tedious that it sent the nation to sleep until after the election ? |
| 20 | Normally this is only a minor irritation ( unless the controller suffers from migraine ) , and a few seconds later another transmission sorts the whole thing out . |
| 21 | More and more people are choosing one company to handle the whole thing for them . |
| 22 | There is nothing more depressing than a collection of so-called first editions and rare items displaying faded spines , mull bursting through cracked hinges , scarred leather inadequately treated with greasy polish , mending tape of various hues round the spine , head and tail bands hanging forlornly and , perhaps worst of all , a badly lettered brown paper cover holding the whole thing together . |
| 23 | Now her memory refused the whole thing ; simply refused to countenance the next few months . |
| 24 | The lid had been battered out of shape and the locks no longer met , but a leather strap held the whole thing together . |
| 25 | Or perhaps Mother arranged the whole thing . |
| 26 | Part one featuring the first four days of the route is on page 18 and we 'll be publishing parts two and three in our August and September issues , so September might be a good time to do the whole thing — if you can wait that long . |
| 27 | Once the final details made of icing sugar are stuck in in place with water … it 's time to put the whole thing together . |
| 28 | Let us accept this third theory for a moment and agree that , when a patient under hypnosis experiences what appears to be a past-life regression , he is in fact making the whole thing up . |
| 29 | The fact that they are performing to a camera instead of just for the teacher or the rest of the class makes the whole thing less artificial . |
| 30 | A voltage across opposite sides of the sausage makes the whole thing into a huge Geiger-counter . |