Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must be punished for the wicked thing you did ’ ( The Times , 15 September 1991 ) . |
| 2 | He wondered how many people in all the mental hospitals in the country — or the world " , — come to that — were really fallen Warriors who had either cracked up from the strain of trying to live in this hell-hole , or simply made the wrong choice and thought that the test was just seeing through the whole thing and then having the courage to stand out and make that challenge . |
| 3 | Now , his songs are intended as the real thing , but widely assumed to be some sort of parody . |
| 4 | She began to go through the whole thing in her prayer and then realized that God of course would know anyway , so she simply asked if it could be that Timothy Gedge was possessed by devils . |
| 5 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 6 | But the personnel manageress said later : ‘ We may ask him to appear as the real thing next time . ’ |
| 7 | I mean , I do n't know about the emotional thing — that 's between the two of you — but I 'm sure he 'll stop the rough stuff . ’ |
| 8 | Has anyone got any I mean I you do n't all need to write about the same thing or anything . |
| 9 | I lubricated my eidetic memory , priming it to summon up still more lurid fantasies , carnal changelings compensating for the real thing . |
| 10 | It 's all a load of bull shit basically , it seems , it seems that the para 's were certainly under fire , with nobody knows and erm , it does , the only thing that is blatantly clear , all these lying transferred by the para 's and they were like dragging them away and stuff and the only , there 's only one member that 's had any thing to do with the I R A that they can find out about , that 's one so at least nine were n't firing definitely , erm , three may of done or may not of done so it looks like the only thing that basic the same is looks like at least nine were innocent , you know its all right for |
| 11 | looks like the REAL THING |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't drink it even if it tasted like the real thing , ’ comments Stephen , a 32-year-old designer . |
| 13 | I gather you 've looked into the whole thing . ’ |
| 14 | because it 's all rolled into the same thing . |
| 15 | RESEARCH shows that as many as a third of all break-ins happen after entry has been gained through glass — often simply smashed with the nearest thing that comes to hand . |
| 16 | I try to come round the second thing . |
| 17 | But for some people who 've dabbled in the real thing the effects have been fatal . |
| 18 | Rodney Marsh and Alan Parry commentate on the biggest thing in Boston since the Tea Party . |
| 19 | Always in a dream , cut off from the world — and forever being dreadfully wounded over the slightest thing . |
| 20 | The two girls totter to the lavatory door , laughing at the funniest thing they 've seen since Grandma sat on her chihuahua . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've come across the same thing all over Europe . |
| 22 | Attacked by the same thing that got Silk . |
| 23 | Has he applied for the same thing ? |
| 24 | I 'm just I 'm just going to I 'm just going to talk about the second thing anyway . |
| 25 | Well this er came through the same thing , the Youth Hostels Association , we had a visit from Gyp some German ones who did m play reading in hostels , and er some of ours went back there , and the Youth Hostels Associations , they had a play reading group , and er I joined that . |
| 26 | I 'm always looking for the positive thing in any situation . |
| 27 | These are moments of some tension , but if he has a team looking for the same thing , they are at least not lonely moments . |
| 28 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 29 | After all , we are looking for the same thing . ’ |
| 30 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |