Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but you see , you 've got the , you got all the other things in , down , down , underneath , well I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting them I mean you could cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 2 | ‘ Will you help me put right the wicked thing I did to you ? |
| 3 | The trouble was , I did all the other things first . |
| 4 | This was a deal where Andy Robson , playing with John Pottage for Britain , did all the right things . |
| 5 | Charles did all the right things with the glass of Cognac before taking a good swig . |
| 6 | He is a bright , intelligent young lad and he did all the right things . |
| 7 | Although she quickly did all the right things : alerting the police , the coastguard and Dr Forman , Harriet Tremayne knew that she would never see her daughter again . |
| 8 | He did all the right things and so I had a way out . |
| 9 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
| 10 | ‘ I did all the wrong things for the best of reasons , ’ she whispered sadly . |
| 11 | Oh , they said how heroic he was and the headmaster said all the right things at the school memorial service . |
| 12 | The explorer said all the right things to Mr Major . |
| 13 | While the sisters were tending my blisters , I felt an inexpressible love choking me , I regretted all the uncharitable things I had thought or said about nuns , I felt as if I were the Magdalene , and Christ were anointing my feet . |
| 14 | ‘ It had all the best things about being at school , like the chumminess , but there were no standards to keep to . |