Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the [adj] thing [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Comes down to the same thing in the end .
2 In these uncertain and troubled circumstances he was called back to the one thing outside his faith in which he could place his trust .
3 Well , can we get back to the basic thing about classlessness .
4 Accordingly it is interesting to speculate to what extent these attitudes have caused British businessmen to adopt short time-horizons in making decisions — with negative consequences for longer-term growth performance — because their main objective is to acquire sufficient wealth to enable them to move on to the better things in life .
5 How they went on to the next thing with such satisfaction and certainty .
6 Also , I learned to appreciate that as a critic you say what you have to say and go on to the next thing in LA you never go on to the next thing . ’
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