Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Still , I have seven mediums who appear to see the same thing , with variations , of course — seven people will always see an event differently . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ The campaign is being organised to mirror the real thing . |
| 3 | ‘ Then all I can say is that if that was make-believe I ca n't wait to sample the real thing ! ’ |
| 4 | Mr Corman has shot the whole thing in colour and in a cinema-verité style that makes it resemble a documentary . ’ |
| 5 | She has seen the whole thing . |
| 6 | Hunt thinks Mansell has done the right thing in signing with Williams . |
| 7 | If the fish is whole , and the fishmonger has done the decent thing — removed the guts and gills , which would taint it during cooking — all you need do is immerse the beast in any container large enough to hold it ( ideally a fish kettle ) , cover it with cold water and bring it gently to the boil . |
| 8 | Stand-up comedian MARK LAMARR has done the Christian thing and joined The Word as its new presenter . |
| 9 | All quite in order , of course , he has done the same thing at least twice before . |
| 10 | Owen is making the point here that the sun once woke this man up , and every morning it has done the same thing , dutifully , as it had woken the rest of the world up too . |
| 11 | But , after a management reshuffle , it has done the sensible thing and cut the dividend . |
| 12 | It has to resemble the real thing as done in the fields . |
| 13 | Whilst ‘ Kubla Khan ’ may delight us it does not delight Coleridge , who has seem the real thing . |
| 14 | Q. Blanket weed caused me tremendous problems in my Koi pond last summer , and I want to avoid the same thing happening this year . |
| 15 | The cop has watched the whole thing . |
| 16 | And when these did n't meet with immediate success , yet more surveys were done and more programmes developed — until , ultimately , it was decided that , if parents could not be trusted to do the right thing , the decision had to be taken out of their hands . |
| 17 | If you meet people from other countries , they understand what you mean if you say to do the legal thing , or the just thing , or the right thing , in certain ways , but it seems to me to be a slightly soggy , but nevertheless very important , British concept of doing the decent thing , which may be just , may be legal , may not be either of those two , but the British man has a very clear sense of what it entails . |
| 18 | The Corporation wants to do the right thing by you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Then you came into my life and tried to do the same thing ! |
| 20 | The Czechoslovak voucher scheme , which will apportion shares in state enterprises to the general public , was received with scepticism by the Poles ( who want to do the same thing a different way ) and with disdain by the Hungarians ( who think state enterprises should simply be sold ) . |
| 21 | There was n't the slightest sign that a few hours earlier she had collapsed in paroxysms of tears and seriously considered calling the whole thing off . |
| 22 | has experienced the same thing as we all have . |
| 23 | Binton 's vicar , the Rev Peter Williams , said last night : ‘ I understand his family want to keep the whole thing private . |
| 24 | Nissan has taken the whole thing one step further with its series of weird and cute limited production models . |
| 25 | I want to think the whole thing through , very carefully , while I 'm in Cheltenham . |
| 26 | If he ever stopped concentrating the whole thing could collapse in chaos . |
| 27 | They 're smart , the place is well maintained , and I think anything we can do to support the general thing there , and certainly the Ottery youth there is , is , is money well spent . |
| 28 | They seemed to enjoy the whole thing a hundred times more than your average blasé concert-goer . ’ |
| 29 | We all just sat there like Mickey Mouse was dead or something , and then we got on the train and went back home and did n't say anything to each other , and all the kids at school thought I 'd made the whole thing up . |
| 30 | I took him out for a boozy lunch , and in the end he admitted he 'd made the whole thing up . |