Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I lubricated my eidetic memory , priming it to summon up still more lurid fantasies , carnal changelings compensating for the real thing . |
| 3 | Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’ |
| 4 | The two girls totter to the lavatory door , laughing at the funniest thing they 've seen since Grandma sat on her chihuahua . |
| 5 | Also , because of his terrible sense of direction , he would get lost when hunting for the wrong things and Endill had to spend much of his time searching for him , almost getting lost himself . |
| 6 | I 'm always looking for the positive thing in any situation . |
| 7 | In education no single customer is always right , people are n't all looking for the same things . |
| 8 | The formal publication stage is much the same when it comes to record content — peer and institution review will still be looking for the same things . |
| 9 | These are moments of some tension , but if he has a team looking for the same thing , they are at least not lonely moments . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | After all , we are looking for the same thing . ’ |
| 12 | I was looking for the same thing yesterday ! |
| 13 | It 's us and people out there , there is still people out there sighing and crying and groaning under the detestable things that are going on in this world , I 've no doubt you 've met many , but , when they say I do n't know what the world 's coming to , well if you know what 's in your magazines and then your literature and the reasoning book , all these lovely provisions , because you 've devoured it , you 've eaten it like that scroll that John was given , it was sweet to him was n't it ? |
| 14 | By which time you 're not listening to the other things they 're saying . |
| 15 | California tends to be expensive , offering little saving on the real thing . |
| 16 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 17 | In 1946 in Milan , Werner met a young woman who was looking at the same things as he was . |
| 18 | So contrasting is it that one may wonder whether its adherents are looking at the same thing at all : ‘ As the eighties unfold , humanity faces a worldwide shortage of productive cropland , acute land hunger in many countries , escalating prices for farmland almost everywhere … ’ |
| 19 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 20 | To believe the gospel , respond to Jesus or receive the Spirit are three ways of looking at the same thing ( 2 Cor. 11:4 ) . |
| 21 | But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go . |
| 22 | That is what you have been doing by lying about the many things you say took place . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm paying for the lousy thing , and that 's the end of that . " |
| 24 | You 're paying for the two things you 're paying for the opportunity |
| 25 | It was the people that were being drawn by the nose and paying for the whole thing . |
| 26 | It is not demoralising because everyone around you is going through the same thing . |
| 27 | I used to be able to , but just lately I 've found it 's impossible ; once I 'm awake I start worrying about the silliest things . ’ |
| 28 | All the time you spend waiting for the blooming things to grow . |
| 29 | To date I have found both tools perfectly safe , used with care , and though there are rare occasions when I might choose the SuperCut , for the moment I 'll be sticking with the real thing , which remains in a class of its own . |
| 30 | Fairly typical for a week is one main shop at a supermarket plus buying in the odd thing during the week . |