Example sentences of "and [verb] this thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now stop giggling like that and get this thing moving ! |
| 2 | You see , so these people were going to move in at the weekend so had to put a stop to that cos they had no authority to move in there until the solicitors try and get this thing sorted out . |
| 3 | They believe that it is possible for man , and that it is indeed his highest intellectual and emotional task , to survey his own being , to call into the forefront of his mind every attitude and habit of mind , of emotion , of passion and feeling , to penetrate down beneath these superficial layers , to deeper and deeper and ever more tranquil , untroubled generalized forms of the self , until eventually you come within sight of some inner absolutely undisturbed pool which every person has within himself , and which if he finds it removes him finally from the distracting passions of ordinary life , and with this rider , that in proportion as you get there and find this thing , this true self within yourself , you find that it is n't just something subjective and peculiar to you , it is something identical with the world , so that in solving your own problems in one sense , you do it by transcending your ordinary nature . |
| 4 | Mark had forgotten Babur was a porter and had this thing about class . |
| 5 | Susan wished Daine would show himself so they could struggle mind to mind and settle this thing . |
| 6 | And follow this thing about the body in your essay . |
| 7 | And does this thing go away or does it stay for ? |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't leave it and have this thing festering about his mother . ’ |
| 9 | And it came to pass , as the angels were gone away from them into heaven , the shepherds said one to another , ‘ Let us now go even unto Bethlehem , and see this thing which is come to pass , which the Lord hath made known to us . ’ |
| 10 | She had to go back to the theatre and see this thing through , for tonight , at least . |