Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] 's [art] [adj] thing " in BNC.

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1 Its disciples talk of new values , its detractors say there 's no such thing as new when you 're a hardened pro — just good and bad , successful and unsuccessful .
2 Erm , but as I say it 's a good thing that you 're doing yourselves .
3 The inner cities have a problem — we say it 's a good thing .
4 Black guys say it 's a monetary thing , but I do n't think its strictly money .
5 A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs .
6 If you speak there 's a black thing that appears .
7 Part of the chapter on motivation deals with obesity , and the discussion of theories of why we stuff ourselves is capped by a cartoon in which a chef tells a fat blimp ‘ As far as I know there 's no such thing as a diet cream puff . ’
8 ‘ I know it 's a terrible thing to say , but I wish sometimes Jimmie had died before he made Mammoth .
9 now , yeah I know it 's a daft thing , but what about erm
10 you 'd have to be study you know time and that there , ooh I know it 's a grand thing is education lessons , but
11 So , I know it 's a sensitive thing this elderly person 's home , but I would argue that underpinning it is a logic .
12 I know it 's a horrible thing to say
13 I 'm surprised she did n't get I know it 's a horrible thing to say but
14 ‘ I know it 's a dreadful thing to say , after all we 've been through .
15 Where she worked , her relationship with this man who was murdered , and so forth , and you know it 's a funny thing .
16 Oh I know it 's a funny thing !
17 Now I know it 's a funny thing but this time because of demand it was forty eight , now alright out of that forty eight three was still , right one was in hospital so you can
18 As you know it 's the only thing that brings Gesner to heel .
19 you know it 's the worse thing
20 I know it 's the best thing that ever happened to me .
21 You know it 's the one thing I really ca n't stand , Antoinette shouted : disobedience .
22 Because you know it 's the same thing .
23 I suppose it 's a satisfying thing — to know you 've done it at last and it 's all there , nice and clean .
24 ‘ Yes , I suppose it 's a good thing when they can do that , ’ said Rupert , seeming not to notice the scorn in her voice .
25 When W. H. Auden once found him playing that game and asked him why he seemed to relish it , he reflected gravely and then replied , " Well , I suppose it 's the nearest thing to being dead " .
26 Okay , now putting both bits aside , if we 're making sure , right okay , if we 're making sure that the product is being sold for the right reasons , i.e. the client is separately saving for deposit , for house moving fees , legal fees , all the other fees , and they could still afford to do this , then I believe it 's a good thing that you can suggest to your clients .
27 They reckon it 's no bad thing to be going from one big game to another .
28 They reckon it 's no bad thing to be going from one big game to another .
29 I mean it 's a good thing the Americans have come , is n't it ?
30 It 's er I mean it 's the only thing to do is n't it ?
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