Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] [art] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was speaking very much more quietly than when he first came in and occasionally looked reproachfully at the door as if the thing which had depressed him was just the other side of it . |
| 2 | Strange thoughts about his recent past were torn from his subconscious mind , as if the thing was asking him questions . |
| 3 | Almost as if the thing existed . ’ |
| 4 | It sounded as if the thing downstairs had finally torn the cabinet out of its way . |
| 5 | Of a sudden , one of the police helicopters shot overhead , startling me with its enormous clatter , as if the thing were a flying tree , streaking out of sight behind the crisp crest of the Jungfrau . |
| 6 | Well that 's extremely laudable , but I do n't think on the whole the public are too worried about whether the thing is legally constituted . |
| 7 | Approval , in my experience , is usually somewhat easier to come by than the thing approved . ’ |