Example sentences of "[vb infin] the whole thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | and it 'll throw the whole thing . |
| 2 | well you I mean you , you could cover er cover the whole thing could n't you ? |
| 3 | So more programme analysis and discussion and less argument and assertion , I think , would make the whole thing less fraught on the one side . |
| 4 | However , who knows , perhaps someday we 'll come across some tablet or document that will make the whole thing clear . |
| 5 | We tried to draw out the kind of changes that might help make the whole thing happen . |
| 6 | And your little dancer , Suzi Hoflin — you were quite right about her legs — she will make the whole thing look enchanting as a watersprite or a dragonfly instead of a ballet dancer in a mask . ’ |
| 7 | I think that would make the whole thing too bureaucratic . |
| 8 | ‘ He must still want the whole thing stopped . ’ |
| 9 | Do you think the whole thing is fuelled by your needs , your ambition , your effort , your lust ? |
| 10 | I thought that I would go in and explain the whole thing to him and explain that there was no point in creating trouble unnecessarily . |
| 11 | ‘ I may even buy the whole thing myself if the price is right . ’ |
| 12 | In fact ‘ Kubla ’ was the name of their drinking- can , and the pun may strike some people as near-sacrilege ; others may consider the whole thing quite trivial . |
| 13 | The three people in court today will go before a committee who will consider the whole thing in a calm and rational atmosphere . |
| 14 | Jim , nicknamed Loony Loran , said : ‘ William did n't finish the whole thing . |
| 15 | Why not do the whole thing in plastic ? |
| 16 | I hoped that would clear the whole thing up , so it was unbelievable when the cab driver picked me out . ’ |
| 17 | You can run the whole thing from home and the machines fit easily into most cars . |
| 18 | ‘ The system 's virtually glitch-proof : three technicians can run the whole thing . |
| 19 | She could see the whole thing now , crystal-clear . |
| 20 | Although I can see the whole thing unrolling in my mind 's eye like a silent film , I ca n't really be precise about where everyone was and that sort of thing . ’ |
| 21 | You can keep the whole thing very neat by using 5 cm ( 2 in ) wide cardboard strips cut to the height of the walls . |
| 22 | Hard disks can be huge , so DOS does n't search the whole thing for a matching name ; instead it looks first in the current directory and then in the subdirectories which are specified in the PATH command . |
| 23 | Any sort of jealousy would crack the whole thing apart . |
| 24 | You can use the whole thing with a mouse ( is there anything you ca n't use a mouse with these days ? ) , but we found that the I-beam cursor was anything but stable with a mouse . |
| 25 | It could blow the whole thing . |
| 26 | Far better to take what is , and bring in progressive changes , than to radically alter the whole thing . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Let's say that he should have come to me first , ’ George said in a heavy , measured tone , ‘ and let me sort the whole thing out . |
| 28 | Now if we can sort of simplify the whole thing forget about the continents and that sort of thing what happens is that the sea water is attracted , obviously not this much , but the sea water is attracted towards The sea is attracted by the moon and you end up if you like with this bulge in the sea Now what is not so easy to understand |
| 29 | ‘ Let's hope the whole thing ends there . |
| 30 | And then backspace , I think , I 'm no I 'm not positive on that so do n't take my word for it , you 'll probably mess the whole thing up ! |