Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [is] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One can have a great concern for the people of Ethiopia , bit it 's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of England . |
| 2 | I do think it is scandalous thing neglecting your educational system and you 're going to pay for this for a hundred years , because riches just come by learning , that 's all . |
| 3 | I mean it 's one thing |
| 4 | I mean it 's one thing letting the committee know for their records or something . |
| 5 | Showing them is one thing , but will they be running — indeed what will they run — and will the audience be able to get close enough to count the number of pins on the things ? |
| 6 | It 's not Carry it 's this thing we have to she tape conversations for speech therapy . |
| 7 | No , I 'm not suggesting it , but erm I think it 's one thing that erm will prolong the war . |
| 8 | You see it 's one thing for Jesus to say that it 's another for us to believe it and accept it . |