Example sentences of "[v-ing] the whole thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage that Ken offered the team was the ability to be able to pull off love scenes and other out-of-character poses without anyone ridiculing the whole thing . |
| 2 | I think it could have been even more positive by using the whole thing to sell Canberra 's food , food handling courses . |
| 3 | Stok said , ‘ Baltic Military District GRU are handling the whole thing . |
| 4 | Just because some of them do n't know their arse from their elbow does n't mean that we 're not bringing the whole thing under control . ’ |
| 5 | Did n't realize you were bringing the whole thing . |
| 6 | There will be broad scholarly interest simply in seeing the whole thing together and in reuniting certain pairs or groups of paintings which were conceived together but which have not been seen together in the past . |
| 7 | At the annual meeting in 1961 there was sharp criticism of an ‘ out of date ’ programme and by 1964 there was talk of winding the whole thing up because it just could n't pay its way . |
| 8 | Well no , Mr is sort of co-ordinating the whole thing |
| 9 | Er er er so so we 've got lots of opportunity for er getting the name in front of young people , promoting design and technology and the engineering concept , getting these kids working on something that 's real and live , erm and generally promoting the whole thing . |
| 10 | A previously helpful fellow , he seems reluctant to discuss the matter , dismissing the whole thing with a wave of his bejewelled hand as just the usual English gippy tummy . |
| 11 | Perhaps he was imagining the whole thing . |
| 12 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |
| 13 | planning on pulling the whole thing down . |
| 14 | That afternoon there was a voice among us that seemed to be leading the whole thing — anything he say is what we thinking , but before . |
| 15 | So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ They are spending £20,000 or £30,000 updating the software , rather than £250,000 renewing the whole thing . |
| 18 | There was n't the slightest sign that a few hours earlier she had collapsed in paroxysms of tears and seriously considered calling the whole thing off . |
| 19 | He was conducting the whole thing , with a minimum of gesture : a sort of schoolboy Adrian Boult . |
| 20 | Then followed the painstaking process of finding materials that would stand up to the tough usage and getting the whole thing done at a reasonable price . |
| 21 | Breaking the whole thing up . |
| 22 | We 're blowing the whole thing out the window , |
| 23 | And then very very importantly the last mnemonic ANNA cos that really is belt and braces , it 's tying the whole thing up so the guy knows exactly why you 're gon na come back . |
| 24 | She knew that I was perfectly capable of having the whole thing made in black leatherette if left to my own devices . |
| 25 | Her father glared at her as if he suspected her of having the whole thing arranged behind his back . |
| 26 | But now they 're doing the whole thing all over again . |
| 27 | But doing the whole thing — removing daytime clothes , putting on special sleeping garments , emptying the bladder , cleaning the teeth and finally getting into the purpose-built sleeping furniture — is something that is only done in the bedrooms specially built for the purpose . |
| 28 | He 's doing the whole thing himself — words and music . ’ |
| 29 | And the Stantonbury drama group are doing the whole thing five times , The school at Milton Keynes is one of the country 's biggest comprehensives , but only half the cast are pupils . |
| 30 | BR and ASLEF were still at the old game and each other 's throats , with rebel train drivers complicating the whole thing . |