Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goddamnit , Tweed , we do n't know a bloody thing ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't know a damned thing about women like me ! ’ |
| 3 | You do n't know a blind thing ! |
| 4 | You can buy a little thing |
| 5 | So the acceptability of the work pattern will affect the , the quality and so if you want a general thing there , I 'd rather put down |
| 6 | I want a little thing to crack into . |
| 7 | I said that they must n't be sad because he had , after all , crammed so much into his short life , that his parties had given enormous pleasure to so many people , that Conor was the sort of person Jack Kerouac might have loved , he was one of the ones who are mad to live , desirous of everything at the same time , ‘ the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing , but burn , burn , burn , like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars ’ . |
| 8 | Well no , but and I were just thinking well why ca n't it just be all things together that make us what we are and when you 're trying to find a single thing , the only single thing is the one , which is the unity and then there 's no differentiation but I do n't think that , that we are , we are our body as well and that then can affect the soul you know , if you , if you 've got a big nose and all your life people stare at you you 're gon na , you 're not going to be unaffected by it . |
| 9 | Was that considered a hard thing at the time ? |
| 10 | Therapy is still considered a marginal thing but I really do n't see why . |
| 11 | I thought yer ain bottle wis gettin' a wee thing on the low side and could dae wi' a refill . ’ |
| 12 | Most noticeably , and surprisingly , cigarette smoke ! — which Tod has a big thing about , for all his periodic perfectos . |
| 13 | most likely to make people believe that they can achieve a certain thing and let them get up and do it and erm so that the Party 's role is in the initial stage fostering as much mobilization |
| 14 | ‘ Keith added a huge thing to the band , ’ enthuses Bryan , ‘ and he 'd never recorded on an album before . |
| 15 | He dropped a heavy thing glistening with syrup into her hand . |
| 16 | Only that someone had done a stupid thing , from his point of view . |
| 17 | John Walford 's fate spoke powerfully of life 's arbitrary horror , and of destruction brought down on a good and generous man who had done a terrible thing , but ‘ without fore-intending it ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've done a terrible thing , John , ’ Estabrook said . |
| 19 | I 've done a terrible thing and I 'm being chased right now Vic well more or less like you know . |
| 20 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've done a daft thing , ’ said Bella , her thin lips trembling . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've done a daft thing , ’ she said again . |
| 23 | Willie Carson will also resting easy after suggestions that he had been wrong to bring about the withdrawal of the red-hot favourite , Superoo , before the start of Ascot 's opening event on Saturday , having done a similar thing with the favourite , Red Paddy , before the Royal Hunt Cup . |
| 24 | But of course , ’ his tone flayed like a whip , ‘ you 've never done a dishonest thing in your life . ’ |
| 25 | And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day . |
| 26 | Yes , Arnold Thomas had done a bad thing in deserting him just when he needed him most , and he had been a rogue of the worst kind to have stolen money into the bargain ; but if he could only find his son , he would tell him that all was forgiven , and that he wanted him here , in his rightful place , at the helm of his father 's business . |
| 27 | He 'd never done a wrong thing |
| 28 | And that was why she had done a wrong thing , and that her thoughtlessness was selfish — a new idea for the spoilt and pampered girl McAllister had so recently been . |
| 29 | ‘ You , my boy , have done a wonderful thing for us and in return we wish to do something for you . |
| 30 | ‘ Jamie would never have done a silly thing like climbing up the archway . ’ |