Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the whole thing " in BNC.

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1 I made the whole thing up from the start
2 I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice .
3 I mean the whole thing is wrong , the reconstruction , the theory behind it .
4 There 's nothing really more I mean the whole thing is a budget guesstimate .
5 taking it seriously I mean the whole thing trying to get in my bed .
6 I mean the whole thing would have to be redesigned .
7 I got the whole thing up and running .
8 I got the whole thing under control .
9 Well I expect the whole thing needs washing does n't it ?
10 Trainee chef Tom Wilkinson , 20 , said : ‘ The action sequences were entertaining and I rated the whole thing as pretty good . ’
11 ‘ You have been very clever — in fact , too clever ’ and the goodie saying , ‘ Kill me , but let the girl go ’ must be taken as read , but Casaubon does not fail to intone after the not tremendously exciting climax , ‘ Maybe I imagined the whole thing . ’
12 Shortly after this Marty Stone , our second engineer , and I re-enacted the whole thing for the benefit of two Daily Mirror journalists who were supposed to be writing an article about the work of the Cutter Service , but nothing ever came of this .
13 ‘ So about a year ago I knocked the whole thing on the head .
14 " Well , " the McLaren girl said , " I guess the whole thing was kind of a bother , but I had n't thought of it that way .
15 I suppose the whole thing was done in a bit of a hurry .
16 I watched the whole thing .
17 I saw the whole thing slowly take shape .
18 where I mucked the whole thing up trying to get the
19 I bet the whole thing is going to cost millions of pounds .
20 I thought the whole thing was pretty unfair .
21 I thought the whole thing had been a set-up — to get rid of the old President and his Communist allies .
22 I thought the whole thing was out of control .
23 Chief executive Frank Corfe said : ‘ I thought the whole thing was a disgrace .
24 I dreamt the whole thing , and it was so real .
25 I think the whole thing of being a student over three years — the camaraderie if you like , is vital .
26 I think the whole thing needs to be reformed , ’ he said .
27 erm but I think the whole thing needs looking at again er and toughening up , made a little bit more convenient and I hope that er , I hope that you can do this , and this that this will not be our last opportunity within this document .
28 We proceeded without lights and I did the whole thing by radar with my eyes standing out like organ stops .
29 The last tour I had the whole thing note-for-note worked out and it got a bit boring after a while ; this way it stays exciting and sometimes I pull it off and sometimes I die a death .
30 For a while I hoped the whole thing would be cancelled .
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