Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policy to which we devoted years of labour must be regarded as a thing of the past . |
| 2 | None is , nor can be , so structured as to ensure that the individual is not treated as a thing , as a commodity for use in the process of production or provision . |
| 3 | I suppose I can be civilised about the thing . " |
| 4 | In those few months my brain had become saturated with the things of my new life — even my mouth was full of RAF slang and jargon . |
| 5 | Because I have worked for some time now on the forming of music and sounds , and through this specific endeavour have become aware of the " molecular structure " parallel , I can see great form in " Beautiful Landscape Traversed By Electricity Pylons " , " Tiny Aeroplane In One Expansive Sky " , " One Cup of Tea With Spoon And Attached Shadows " , " One Bogey Slightly Protruding From Person 's Nose " and , apart from when I 'm blackly depressed , Life is seen from inside me to be better every day because of my positive use of the rich energy that is emitted from every thing , live or dead . |
| 6 | Stephen was felled by the things she knew . |
| 7 | thing for next year , but I mean she will be one of those caught by the thing saying we 're not going to do it anyway . |
| 8 | House-price booms were seen as a thing of the past . |
| 9 | Up till now we have only considered the potential uses of the various desktop publishing products but it is important to look at what can be done with the things that they produce . |
| 10 | but it 's not television , i i it 's , it 's Doctor Who and , and Prisoner and , you know er very interesting and very easy for enthusiasts to direct a lot of their time and energy to maybe I do n't maybe there was a increased pressure to work and study which was erm self motivated rather than being externally imposed , maybe he maybe there was a fundamental lack of enthusiasm in him for what is described as the hardware of computing , the , the , the , the , the instruments , the machines maybe there was a less than comprehensive understanding of what is known as the firmware , that 's to say I mean operating systems that are built into the thing to make it work , you 've got to understand the firmware because otherwise you do n't understand what the machine will think you mean and what that will do and I would have thought that whereas superficially you can ignore the firmware , it 's all in there , it understands as you , I would have thought , grew into a er a graduate computer scientist you 've got to have some idea about that . |
| 11 | But the balance is a delicate one , for even the golfer , the competitor and the staff member may become ‘ caught up ’ and absorbed in the thing itself and enhancement of reputation may at least temporarily be held in abeyance . |
| 12 | ALTHOUGH it is not clear exactly what movements are incorporated in the thing , a Japanese ‘ mechatronics ’ artist has produced a robot Marilyn Monroe . |
| 13 | Taking a page out of Microsoft Corp 's book , Intel Corp has a bunch of ‘ undocumented ’ features in Pentium that it 's collected in a thing called ‘ Appendix H , ’ reports our sister publication ClieNT Server NEWS . |
| 14 | A few lights moved on the Thing 's surface . |
| 15 | We are it said on the thing . |
| 16 | She 's gon na take them and do them , get them done at the thing and then take it home . |
| 17 | Seth rarely talked about the things that set him apart from the rest of mankind . |
| 18 | The author has thought of every thing , you can even play in tournament mode to pit your wits against family or friends . |
| 19 | And I started a fashion really in going , cos no-one had er thought of the thing for many many many years . |
| 20 | Even an old school desk was transformed into a thing of beauty — as you can see in the picture on the right . |
| 21 | However , once started on this track it may seem difficult to keep clear of rigorism , for it is unclear how the good one might have done but did not can be discounted from the things prevented by what one did instead . |
| 22 | They rattled as she stalked , sometimes alarming her prey , and so she scattered them into the sand , to be ingested by the things that lived below the dunes . |
| 23 | ‘ True bravery is measured by the things you do when you do n't feel brave . ’ |
| 24 | She had her own flat now , light and bright and filled with the things she herself had carefully chosen . |
| 25 | And , already in adolescence , both cared for the things of the mind . |
| 26 | They are always composed : 1 ) of a dissimilar thing that can be exchanged for the thing of which the value is to be determined ; and 2 ) of similar things that can be compared with the thing of which the value is to be determined . |
| 27 | Yes I think that 's the sort of thing when you 're a defender the goalkeeper s the goalkeeper 's almost on it but if you 're not sure you get rid of the thing and then say turn round to the keeper sorry pall but I 'm playing safe . |
| 28 | They are always composed : 1 ) of a dissimilar thing that can be exchanged for the thing of which the value is to be determined ; and 2 ) of similar things that can be compared with the thing of which the value is to be determined . |
| 29 | For those of you who are about to have a baby , Kiddibitz ! is a sturdy holdall packed with the things you 'll need when you go into hospital . |
| 30 | There is no reason why Tanzania should not combine an examination , which is based on the things we teach , with a teacher and pupil assessment of work done for the school and community . |