Example sentences of "[vb base] it 's the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | A public inquiry is considering plans for a third supermarket — opponents say it 's the last thing the town needs . |
| 2 | As you know it 's the only thing that brings Gesner to heel . |
| 3 | you know it 's the worse thing |
| 4 | I know it 's the best thing that ever happened to me . |
| 5 | You know it 's the one thing I really ca n't stand , Antoinette shouted : disobedience . |
| 6 | Because you know it 's the same thing . |
| 7 | When W. H. Auden once found him playing that game and asked him why he seemed to relish it , he reflected gravely and then replied , " Well , I suppose it 's the nearest thing to being dead " . |
| 8 | It 's er I mean it 's the only thing to do is n't it ? |
| 9 | I know , I mean , I mean it 's the same thing is n't it ? |
| 10 | I 've seen the partners ; they agree it 's the right thing to do . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We all think it 's the best thing for you , to see something of life beyond the dale . ’ |
| 12 | They have a filing system , and the procedure for it which is about two pages is highly efficient , and the engineers think it 's the best thing since sliced bread . |
| 13 | Erm , I think it 's the right thing , is n't it ? |
| 14 | Well I think it 's the macho thing . |