Example sentences of "the [adj] thing [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , yeah , but they do n't exactly consider you to be the greatest thing since sliced bread , now do they ? ’ she opined . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll do anything , ’ I told them , and it was n't till afterwards that I realized I 'd done the right thing 'cos where else was I to go ? |
| 4 | ‘ When I arrived at the river I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing because the water temperature was 4.1 degrees Centigrade and the air temperature was 1.8 degrees , ’ said Les . |
| 5 | Although they are cross with themselves for being so soft , in the end they discover that they did the right thing because it is Gollum who shows them the way to Mount Doom , and Gollum who finally disposes of the Ring . |
| 6 | My family and friends were very supportive throughout the divorce because they could see it was the right thing as we were n't making each other happy . |
| 7 | Also make sure I 'm doing the right thing as well . |
| 8 | Thought it was the funniest thing since the invention of piles . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , well , as to that — it seemed the sensible thing if Rohan wanted to be master of La Tour Monchauzet . |
| 10 | Well this , you see this is the interesting thing because that hum What 's that in ? |
| 11 | That 's the sad thing because we 're not in the same office any more . |
| 12 | You wo n't know it 's the real thing unless you ( and she ) still feel the same in , oh , a year or so at least ; that 's the only way to prove you are n't living a dragonfly mistake . |
| 13 | It is designed to act out potential accidents that could occur in a full-scale , commercial reactor , and it claims to come closer to recreating the real thing than any other testing facility . |
| 14 | Some people thought plastic plates were tacky , but if you used the real thing once you got over a certain number you just had endless mess afterwards . |
| 15 | The first is that acquired solely by study and reading which is only a pale imitation of the real thing since it is not accompanied by an experience of love which answers to the intellectual knowledge ( c.4 ) . |
| 16 | Taut , pacy , absorbing tale of LA street gang life that 's probably as close to the real thing as it 's safe to get . |
| 17 | It has to resemble the real thing as done in the fields . |
| 18 | Symbol seems to be thought of just as standing in place for the real thing because that is absent . |
| 19 | Although data integrity will no doubt be safe for many years , there is no substitute for the real thing if you have to produce the document in a court of law 15 years from first filing it . |
| 20 | It 's it 's the natural thing if you like |
| 21 | It was too bad of me , I knew she would do the decent thing if I put it like that . |
| 22 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 23 | So she said what it was , and then looking through it , it actually certainly we could have done with a fle I could have looked at the the flexible thing before we came to the meeting , because it |
| 24 | The first thing though was to get Nigel into some clean , dry clothes . |
| 25 | What has she got ta do the Norwegian thing as well ? |
| 26 | That 's the only thing because n the other place you see , it 's quite open . |
| 27 | The only thing if it 's a bargain or if it looks nice or you need something new . |
| 28 | This is the only thing if you go sort of privately you know ? |
| 29 | Horses do much the same thing except that , probably for reasons of historical accident , they run on only one toe instead of two . |
| 30 | Was a TV programme the same thing whether it came to your set by satellite , by cable , by terrestrial transmitter or by videotape ? |