Example sentences of "[verb] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What a horrible , cavilling thing to say ! |
| 2 | It 's the only living , unique , created thing here . |
| 3 | Or written that fucking awful Graveyard Shift thing . ’ |
| 4 | special needs thing can be addressed |
| 5 | and they 'll get very worried , and it 's quite a difficult area because you have to be on the look out for something that 's not right , but you do n't want people to get er very worried because those feet are going to be very mobile and doing non walking thing until the child walks , they 're also very fat and podgy are n't they little babies ' feet ? |
| 6 | Two : determine whether the well-done thing was worth doing at all . |
| 7 | Won thing we should tell you is that last summer Benitses sold out fast . |
| 8 | ‘ I know it 's a terribly Yank thing to do but while I 'm here , perhaps we could go and do some antique shops , yes ? ’ |
| 9 | But I do n't know thing is it 's a real hassle carrying it around is n't it ? |
| 10 | Keeping thing to myself I think that 's |
| 11 | You know , if he starts creating a scene then you say that retched thing has gone off again in my bag . |
| 12 | How dare you do thing like that , you know , you 're sort of , you , you just ca n't , you 're almost beside yourself , as you 're trying to use up all that adrenaline , all that energy that 's poured into your body as you try to help that child across the road , knowing in actual fact you ca n't . |
| 13 | In nature , of course , the first moving , honking thing that a gosling sees is its parent , and it will normally become imprinted on , and follow , its mother . |
| 14 | Well I 've done thing here |
| 15 | She seem to be able to pick thing sup . |
| 16 | Yeah , put put your tins in there and put thing over there where |
| 17 | Dear ! what a strange , unpolish 'd thing am I. |
| 18 | The thing was , there must have been some sort of short circuit in the amp , because every time I played the damn 'd thing , I got a shock ! |
| 19 | no , no it hurts I 've turned thing round , I put it there |
| 20 | Okay meanwhile back at the carbonates so you 've sorted out your calcium chloride and you 've got this horrible looking thing H two C O three . |
| 21 | What did you do you got this horrible looking thing and we said oh that does n't happen because we know we 've got carbon dioxide |
| 22 | Oh it 's the most weird looking thing . |
| 23 | Funny looking thing . |
| 24 | No , it did , it 's a funny looking thing , funny shape round it 's head . |
| 25 | and that 's er can , a little black er , oh scotty looking thing |
| 26 | but it was a nicer looking thing |
| 27 | such a puny sickly looking thing ! |
| 28 | Right okay so there we are a horrible looking thing to integrate . |
| 29 | What was I differentiating to finish up with that weird looking thing ? |
| 30 | So why did n't they do away with it altogether , or at least bury thing . ’ |