Example sentences of "'s [det] a thing " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Either I 'm mad or people reincarnate , or there 's such a thing as possession , or … |
2 | ‘ What I say , constable , is ’ — and now it was Arthur speaking — ‘ there 's such a thing as 'arassment , that 's what they 've told me when I 've been up afore the old bloke . |
3 | ‘ There 's such a thing as greed , Emily , and sad to say brothers are capable of hating each other , take Cain and Abel for example . ’ |
4 | The guy went mad at him saying , ‘ How dare you say there 's such a thing as prejudice ! ’ |
5 | Then I 'll call a district meeting where I 'll get other branches together erm shop stewards and that , and I 'll pass this information , I 've let them know there 's such a thing as . |
6 | But , erm I think they could instead have an electric fox , if there 's such a thing ? |
7 | ‘ Maybe there 's such a thing as having too much of a good thing , ’ she flung at him caustically . |
8 | I remember erm was n't it Eyre that made great mileage of saying that just because there 's a word for beauty does n't mean to say that there 's such a thing as beauty . |
9 | and erm was n't it Ayer that made great erm mileage out of saying , ‘ Just because there 's a word for beauty does n't mean to say that there 's such a thing as beauty ’ . |