Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I mean I The important thing is I think the children do recognize the differences , not that they do n't notice the differences , because they 're Like you say they 're capable of using the other if it if it suits them . |
| 2 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 4 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 5 | Yeah , that 's , that 's when it 's hard she asks you the same thing again and again and a few minutes later , then half an hour later , then , then you think have you listened |
| 6 | It 's harder when you do it the first thing . |
| 7 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 8 | For me , it was sufficient satisfaction that Eliot had approved my essay ; that he considered it the best thing I had done ; and that I had been one of the few to express opinions which had his total concurrence . |