Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] the thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the accused have the intention permanently to deprive when he has not made up his mind to keep the thing permanently ? |
| 2 | While ( 104 ) does seem to imply something close to " feel " , in the other three cases know merely evokes what allowed the " knowers " in question to identify the things or persons known as stolen , deaf , or clouds . |
| 3 | Erm , they 're writing on behalf of the , to apply for a grant as detailed in the advert , erm , and basically , erm , it 's , it , they 're , they 're , they 're really asking for us for help to keep the thing running . |
| 4 | Since form and function are related to living things , when the information in an illustration is incorrect it can take more work in the long run to get the thing to look right . |
| 5 | I have no right to expect the things I ask — even a kind word … ‘ |
| 6 | He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know . |
| 7 | When you went to the driller you 'd got ta hold it in your hand or get a sommat , a gadget to hold the thing on , pull put the drill in . |
| 8 | God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change , the courage to change the things I can , And the wisdom to know the difference . |
| 9 | The Dolphin SCI Technology A/S arm of Oslo , Norway-based Dolphin Server Technology A/S , already has an agreement with Vitesse Semiconductor Corp to make chips for its Scalable Coherent Interface high-speed bus in Gallium Arsenide — it runs at 1Gbps — and with Convex Computer Corp to use the thing . |
| 10 | Use a red pencil to underline the things you think are not so good for you and should be restricted . |
| 11 | Array uses a UK sub-contractor to manufacture the things . |
| 12 | Array uses a UK sub-contractor to manufacture the things . |
| 13 | But the newspaper people — and the people who read them , which is pretty well everybody — they 've had no chance to think the thing through . |
| 14 | ‘ Police have been waiting at the top to take the things off them . ’ |
| 15 | The player can control the direction which the machine moves in , representing the efforts of its crew to steer the thing by leaning precariously to one side or the other , but he has no say over the speed . |
| 16 | If people have not had the chance to say the things they wanted to say then the sense of unfinished business can be overwhelming . |
| 17 | Perhaps I am being unnecessarily cynical but it seems that too much of a designer maker 's time is spent on public relations and maintaining the image and there is less willingness to share the things learned from technical and creative nightmares . |
| 18 | within a reasonable area to order the things that she feels she wants for herself |
| 19 | God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change , the courage to change the things I can , And the wisdom to know the difference . |
| 20 | God grant me the serenity to accept the things which can not be changed , the courage to change those that should be changed , and the wisdom to know the difference . |
| 21 | McGrath has been advised to go … after all , he 's a hot tip to win the thing . |
| 22 | Abandoning the need to show the self , it uses documentary to do the things which documentary does best , to detail and report , but carries with it too a wealth of fantastical imagining which has , over the last decade , made women 's photography so strong and be severe . |
| 23 | We encountered this view at the beginning of this book , in the dialogues of Plato , where we found talk of ‘ the ascent to see the things in the upper world [ which ] you may take as standing for the upward journey into the region of the intelligible ’ . |
| 24 | Ha the information that we 've put out so far were our second reprint of the er of the black booklet of which there 'll be twelve thousand , they are quite an expensive item and , but our feeling was that er in order to sell the thing you 've got to do it properly and er spending money does n't come easily but er er in order to market the thing er thought that was the , the way to go and we 've done other things , stickers and badges and posters and so on and so forth , the normal sort of things but we 've really tried to spread these around the country and get the message that it 's a vibrant young er interesting fun thing to be involved in for young people . |
| 25 | The now illegal practice of scuffing one half of the ball is no longer designed to allow the spinner to grip the thing , but to assist swing bowlers . |
| 26 | Dorian sent his servant to fetch the things that Campbell needed , and the two men waited silently . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's simple , ’ he says , ‘ they could n't get a legal worker to do the things that we would . |
| 28 | Ha the information that we 've put out so far were our second reprint of the er of the black booklet of which there 'll be twelve thousand , they are quite an expensive item and , but our feeling was that er in order to sell the thing you 've got to do it properly and er spending money does n't come easily but er er in order to market the thing er thought that was the , the way to go and we 've done other things , stickers and badges and posters and so on and so forth , the normal sort of things but we 've really tried to spread these around the country and get the message that it 's a vibrant young er interesting fun thing to be involved in for young people . |
| 29 | But I found in order to get the thing moving |
| 30 | Cos if you leave d go the cord straight away the cord just goes shooting up there , the weight inside comes down here and you lose the cord and you have to take the whole lot p t apart in order to get the thing to work again . |