Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [be] [art] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sinead — even in that mad moment — believed it was the right thing to do . ’ |
| 2 | The plates flickered past , solemn and beautiful faces , sleeping soldiers , angels carrying flutes , and then a page fell open more easily because , slipped into it , she found a sheet of the villa 's notepaper on which was typed what she at first thought to be a shopping-list , but , as she began to read , discovered it was no such thing . |
| 3 | You stopped because you both decided it was the right thing to do for you at the time . |
| 4 | They were stopped and questioned by the police , who thought they were the real thing . |
| 5 | No I think he generally thought they were the same thing , I think I would of done if I was n't an educationalist , but I mean it 's his business to know really is n't it ? |
| 6 | We are we we 've got an amp meter and a volt meter and I thought they were the same thing you see . |
| 7 | ‘ I felt it was a Christian thing to do . |
| 8 | At the time , I felt it was no bad thing , for it helped intensify that curious brooding quality which is such an important element in so many tropical landscapes , and especially those of Polynesia . |
| 9 | We are sorry Q.T. day had to be cancelled but because the weather conditions were so bad we felt it was the right thing to do . |
| 10 | I knew it was a two-way thing . |
| 11 | whereas Caesar did n't take the crown because he was ambitious , he knew it was the right thing to do . |
| 12 | Thérèse respectfully sent the nuns a faire-part , edged in black ; she knew it was the correct thing to do . |
| 13 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 14 | So many times she had told herself that , and each time she knew it was an impossible thing to do . |
| 15 | Perhaps the Indians thought it was a religious thing , like celebrating the 500th anniversary of a cathedral or whatever . |
| 16 | Instead , sensing a criticism — which this was not , Aunt Lilian was simply asking for information — she gave one of her loud laughs and said , well , she personally thought it was a good thing for a young married woman to cultivate the little niceties of life . |
| 17 | you meant that they thought it was a good thing to do . |
| 18 | I told him I thought it was a stupid thing for him to do . |
| 19 | Ha about half of you thought that was a good thing and about half of you thought it was a bad thing . |
| 20 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 21 | It 's lovely I thought it was the real thing . |
| 22 | They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’ |
| 23 | Thought it was the funniest thing since the invention of piles . ’ |
| 24 | I told Diana [ Vreeland ] and she thought it was the chicest thing she ever heard . |
| 25 | But , thought he was a nasty thing |
| 26 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 27 | She said unless it , like with , with that doll she 's bought Carla she said they 're a good thing for collectors for her . |
| 28 | And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know ! |
| 29 | I mean she said it 's an instant thing when someone 's got a handbag you realise afterwards . |
| 30 | He said it was the best thing since Bethlehem . ’ |