Example sentences of "kind [prep] thing you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind of thing you ought to do with with mum is like , you could probably go down one Sunday and have a , have a , you know , have a lunch . |
| 2 | Killing Elinor was the kind of thing you would need years of study to accomplish . |
| 3 | A large gloomy bedroom had been the setting of it , hung with draperies , not the kind of thing you would expect a child to sleep in , but it was a little child that lay on the bed , white and still , the elderly man , evidently a doctor , who had seemingly just lifted a looking glass from the parted lips , turning to the young father and imparting the news of death , while the mother in a transport of grief clung to her husband , her head buried in his shoulder . |
| 4 | The kind of thing you might come out with after being hit with a baseball bat . ’ |
| 5 | The reason was they set their alarm , they were terribly conscientious about setting their alarm clock so they 'd wake up in the morning to go to the exam , and er it was a very loud alarm clock so not the kind of thing you could sleep through , but come the morning of the exam the alarm went off and the student started to dream that they were out hearing church bells or something , you know they 're walking around hearing all these church bells , thinking is n't it nice , you know , it 's Sunday morning , oh I could go on sleeping . |
| 6 | That 's the kind of thing you can use as proof of ownership . |
| 7 | At the very least NOT THE KIND OF THING YOU 'D EXPECT FROM THE FARM . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , its anorexic attractions are exactly the kind of thing you 'd expect from people who only formed a band in the first place to get off the dole . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not the kind of thing you 'd want to be true , ’ she said . |