Example sentences of "'s [verb] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I have said to Neil and Neil is honest but once or twice he 's said things and I 've said , no Neil ! |
| 2 | ‘ Leave a silly old woman alone , Jeff , she 's got things to do . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And if he 's got things like your class take for granted you jump right on him , say he must have nicked them . |
| 4 | ‘ If he 's got things like your class take for granted , ’ the girl had said , ‘ you say he must have nicked them . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He 's got things to do , ’ said his Mum . |
| 6 | Come down 'ere now , there 's a love , Sergeant Joe 's got things to do . ’ |
| 7 | He 's got things to do and people to see . |
| 8 | Look at that it 's got things sticking out . |
| 9 | No , I mean he 's got things that er he 's got er CDs and things in the window but it 's not erm |
| 10 | and er , she said er , she 's got things sort of straightened out and she had a good nights sleep with her dog , both dogs , one on the bed and one by the side of her . |
| 11 | I mean the book itself is just published last , er Thursday I believe it was , and er so it was up to date , is up to date until the summer , which is you know more up to date than any other book , so it 's got things like : Greta Garbo dying , and Princess Eugenie being born and Nelson Mandela being free , and of course it 's the first encyclopaedia to have all the details of nineteen eighty nine , the , the upheaval in , in Europe , all the political changes and whatever . |
| 12 | Now , erm Rose is secretary and she 's had things through from er British Section Headquarters and she 'll tell us what she 's got there . |
| 13 | He 's taken things off the floor and now he 's taken the floor up . |