Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wo n't know it 's the real thing unless you ( and she ) still feel the same in , oh , a year or so at least ; that 's the only way to prove you are n't living a dragonfly mistake . |
| 2 | Sinead — even in that mad moment — believed it was the right thing to do . ’ |
| 3 | Let it be the right thing that I 'm doing . " |
| 4 | I want them to go on because they can see it 's the only thing to do . |
| 5 | My family and friends were very supportive throughout the divorce because they could see it was the right thing as we were n't making each other happy . |
| 6 | She could see it was the wrong thing to say and his black brows rose coldly . |
| 7 | As you know it 's the only thing that brings Gesner to heel . |
| 8 | I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 9 | I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 10 | but in those days it was n nobody thought i you know it was the done thing . |
| 11 | Jeffrey Dujon , in an interview for a magazine , summed it up : ‘ We 're the only example of Caribbean unity that exists , when the team performs we 're the only thing the entire Caribbean focuses on . |
| 12 | You stopped because you both decided it was the right thing to do for you at the time . |
| 13 | Maybe she 'd been too ready to believe it was the real thing ? |
| 14 | " I find it is the only thing which will keep the cafard at bay when I 'm alone . |
| 15 | They were stopped and questioned by the police , who thought they were the real thing . |
| 16 | We are sorry Q.T. day had to be cancelled but because the weather conditions were so bad we felt it was the right thing to do . |
| 17 | whereas Caesar did n't take the crown because he was ambitious , he knew it was the right thing to do . |
| 18 | Thérèse respectfully sent the nuns a faire-part , edged in black ; she knew it was the correct thing to do . |
| 19 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 20 | It 's lovely I thought it was the real thing . |
| 21 | Talking of the growing demands for extra beat officers , he said : ‘ Everywhere I go it is the main thing that is brought to my attention . |
| 22 | Talking of the growing demands for extra beat officers , he said : ‘ Everywhere I go it is the main thing that is brought to my attention . |
| 23 | Do you think it 's the main thing ? |
| 24 | He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing — until he burst out laughing . |
| 25 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 26 | It 's er I mean it 's the only thing to do is n't it ? |
| 27 | I 've seen the partners ; they agree it 's the right thing to do . ’ |
| 28 | Erm , I think it 's the right thing , is n't it ? |
| 29 | Well I think it 's the macho thing . |
| 30 | He said it was the only thing that would get him through it . ’ |