Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] the thing " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now we travelled the best part of the Ukraine and we also dipped into and er we were there about a month , just under a month , and erm one of the impressions that I got there , just as an ordinary chap , no , not learned politically so I ca n't speak on the level er of most of your callers today , but er , I realise that here you had er people , in actual fact my my comment was the country 's half finished , everywhere you went there were building constructions so far incomplete , er projects underway and you 've got the impression that they did need communism in a way to make the thing work er , the er , let's take the Ukrainians , I mean that , that 's where the Cossacks come from and they love a good time , er those sort of people in a way need a strong government . |
| 32 | She does n't want Loulou to want the things he wants : for her it 's a weakness , Therese is a moralist — ’ |
| 33 | In which case er given a little bit more time to fill the thing in , |
| 34 | The market-boast died first , as one by one , IBM 's hottest new products fell by the wayside , starting as early as Series/1 and the 8100 , continuing through System 38 , which was excellent , but scared IBM 's mainframe mafia too much , to the RT , such a disaster that when it came to the RS/6000 , IBM had to play new kid on the block and study and try to emulate the leaders in the Unix market to get the thing off the ground at all . |
| 35 | That is the time to get the thing out of the house and take up evening classes in deep-sea diving . |
| 36 | Unfortunately , seeing the keen glint in his eye and the impatient energy to get the thing settled that he was betraying , she did n't quite know how to turn him down . |