Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adv] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because very often you , a father can be very keen on gardening and getting the children to help him is just the last thing . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's probably the best thing , Rachaela . |
| 3 | ‘ If he feels up to it , it 's probably the best thing for him , ’ said Melissa . |
| 4 | Actually for me it 's probably the best thing |
| 5 | I mean in a way I think it 's probably the best thing that 's happened to me for a while cos I could see myself see the thing is I can I was n't ever planning to be here for even six months . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , it 's not the only thing that men like doing , is it , Hughie ? ’ |
| 7 | There should be the the aca station if you like , there should be the documentation , and it certainly seems in the New Testament that that is speaking with other tongues , it 's not the only thing of course . |
| 8 | It 's not the only thing you need to do , there are some other things that I can say to you now that you might recognise . |
| 9 | It 's not the only thing that goes hard you know ! |
| 10 | it 's not the only thing |
| 11 | Tell me it 's not the real thing . |
| 12 | It 's not the usual thing we spend time discussing . |
| 13 | Readers must decide for themselves but should bear in mind the words of the man who has followed in the footsteps of Mr Jason Donovan as the eponymous star of Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat : ‘ It 's not the easiest thing in the world to be Phillip Schofield 's girlfriend . ’ |
| 14 | It 's not the easiest thing |
| 15 | . I know it 's not the easiest thing to measure is it ? |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not the same thing down there . |
| 17 | ‘ But it 's not the same thing . |
| 18 | It 's not the same thing . " |
| 19 | Er , well as in the English you 'd probably say if you did n't study philosophy , you 'd say were identified as Venus , but it 's not the same thing . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's not the same thing at all ! |
| 21 | Most conductors of my generation have to go through different experiences before we understand that it 's not the main thing in the world to conduct all American orchestras . |
| 22 | And doing it 's not so much that you 're doing everything wrong , it 's just the one thing which being done right is that the other way of putting it that , the guy because he 's so well organized what effect does that have on everybody else then ? |
| 23 | ‘ The terrible part about that , ’ Richards said , ‘ is that its perfectly true , and it 's also the stupidest thing ever said . ’ |
| 24 | It 's exactly the same thing . |
| 25 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 26 | Erm , and yet it 's exactly the same thing . |
| 27 | it 's exactly the same thing . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's definitely the best thing I 've ever done . |
| 29 | I 'm not sure it 's quite the same thing . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course he wrote music , ’ Haverford explained patiently , ‘ but it 's much the same thing . |