Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm paying for the lousy thing , and that 's the end of that . " |
| 2 | Cos we 're doing this project for the Norwegian thing . |
| 3 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 4 | If you 're going to , if you 're going to be knocked for something , make sure you 're knocked for the right thing , that 's what you 're really saying . |
| 5 | Full information right from the start also allows time for the second thing , which is imagination , meaning the development of creative solutions to the problems . |
| 6 | Apparently during the First World War some professor erm was using a bunsen burner and he burned himself quite badly and by him he just happ he just happened to have some lavender oil essential and for the nearest thing he put his hand in there and apparently it was supposed to have calmed it down and it healed very quickly . |
| 7 | It has to be possible to dream and speak the unthinkable , for the only thing that we do know is that we shall not know what tomorrow 's world will be like . |
| 8 | Witnesses gave only a vague description of the driver , concentrating on his clothes , for the only thing visible inside the car was a blue , fur-edged anorak , the hood pulled up tight . |
| 9 | But the parody was mistaken for the real thing , and the songs made the charts . |
| 10 | This merely involves a couple of beers in the evening , not even light training for the real thing of which Spain has seen far too much . |
| 11 | But , as Legge suggested , recordings are in this instance no substitute for the real thing . |
| 12 | But the company did not know what to do with its discovery : Lyle and other directors feared that developing sucralose would create a powerful competitor for the real thing . |
| 13 | When it appeared enthusiasm for the fantasy turned to indifference for the real thing . |
| 14 | John Hurst , the managing director of Deon who make a Ferrari Dino replica , has often had his cars mistaken for the real thing by owners of the genuine article . |
| 15 | Laura McCaffrey learns that whatever your skill level a dry ski slope is a great practice ground for the real thing |
| 16 | A clenched fist , a frosty stare or a head-thrust , feet-planted , arms-akimbo posture , being recognizable as proper parts or adjuncts to acts of real violence , can stand in for the real thing in the ritualized ‘ aggression ’ to be described in a later chapter of this book . |
| 17 | At worst , they become a time-consuming bureaucratic substitute for the real thing . |
| 18 | I lubricated my eidetic memory , priming it to summon up still more lurid fantasies , carnal changelings compensating for the real thing . |
| 19 | She seemed to regret its disappearance and looked at the chalk outline marked by Massingham on the floor as if this were a poor substitute for the real thing . |
| 20 | Determined , eager , brave and lusting for the real thing , |
| 21 | Just as he practised the violin every morning between nine thirty and ten thirty , so I always had the sense he practised his lovemaking on me , getting ready for the real thing , only this with me was not it : I was not it . |
| 22 | They took it as a snub that Down failed to field at anything approaching full strength and now want to show that they are a match for the real thing . |
| 23 | Symbol seems to be thought of just as standing in place for the real thing because that is absent . |
| 24 | Now the weather this week has turned every game into a water sport … but for our Friday feature we 're off to the Cotswold Water Park for the real thing |
| 25 | NORTH-EAST Greens staged a mock earth summit at the weekend , as world leaders prepared to descend on Rio for the real thing . |
| 26 | Although data integrity will no doubt be safe for many years , there is no substitute for the real thing if you have to produce the document in a court of law 15 years from first filing it . |
| 27 | Now these , why do I call these special people , for the first thing we 're just coming out of a recession they s |
| 28 | For the one thing that makes rock more than simply an industry , the one thing that transcends the commodity relation , is fidelity , the idea of a relationship . |
| 29 | The big guns and the big guns I found a use for the fucking thing . |
| 30 | You must be punished for the wicked thing you did ’ ( The Times , 15 September 1991 ) . |