Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only drawback to the course was the way my calves refused to move first thing in the morning ; the pluses ? — meeting and making new friends and returning home refreshed and energised in mind and body . |
| 2 | Erm I had to go to Mr Walker 's to get this thing . |
| 3 | granddad 's got this thing which you open them with |
| 4 | Actually granny 's got this thing about saving money in every possible way so you ring up and say hello and then she 'll sort of , right now tha lovely for calling , thank you so much for calling , now bye you know and you have n't even said anything , you feel really |
| 5 | There was initiated at Harvard a practice of dealers taking turns first thing in the morning , to deliver a little speech to the rest of the dealing room about the latest financial news . |
| 6 | Erm as Eddie 's sent this thing here , this minus seventy pound nett , that is the nett difference that is the cost erm of what it cost us to actually hire the nets less the one pound fifty er per person , er per session that was paid , so that is the nett difference because we come there . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , Bryan 's got this thing about stockings . |
| 8 | I do n't like him in the garden , but Derek keeps encouraging this thing . |
| 9 | All too often teachers intend to teach one thing , actually teach another , and test for something quite different . |
| 10 | It had seemed to him , about halfway through his investigation , that in the past five years Jean-Paul had done one thing , and one thing only . |
| 11 | Men have got this thing , that they think it 's their game and they just do n't want women involved ! |
| 12 | I realised it was only my ego wanting to control this thing , and that it was n't a natural evolutionary step as I 'd told myself . |
| 13 | This doom he has brought upon himself ; in order to avoid seeing one thing he has , almost voluntarily , incapacitated himself from seeing at all . ’ |
| 14 | No if I have a box and like dad said put that thing in there . |
| 15 | ‘ Tony 's got this thing ; you know . |