Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | But yesterday she said : ‘ My boss said the best thing would be to get back to work as normal and I feel better for coming in straight away . ’ |
| 2 | I 'd like my fiancé to do the traditional thing and ask my father for his permission to marry me , but he says that no one does this any more . |
| 3 | That 's how people live these days , you know , my daughter did the same thing with her husband , you know , they 're in a |
| 4 | , my mother does the same thing , no . |
| 5 | His rampant pole moved all over her greasy belly and thighs , and when she spread her legs to capture the greasy thing inside her , it slid about like a duck on ice . |
| 6 | Now her memory refused the whole thing ; simply refused to countenance the next few months . |
| 7 | Would n't he prefer the blushing apple of his eye to do the decent thing ? |
| 8 | And remembering Johnny 's face when he had talked of Dusty Miller , she knew that neither he nor his friends found the whole thing much of a joke , either . |
| 9 | The Lad stood for a moment , his hands caressing the formless thing . |
| 10 | His puppies do the same thing — and it 's not as if they can copy him , because they never see him . |
| 11 | A worthwhile person is always confident : he does not feel uncertain about the effects of his actions or doubt his ability to do the right thing . |
| 12 | One person who spends much of his time doing the same thing is Master of Wine Tim Hanni from the Beringer Vineyards School for American Chefs . |
| 13 | Your father did the right thing by you did n't he , he helped you over the court case . |
| 14 | But you can imagine running your household on that kind of a system , supposing you got the whole food basket , and supposing it was adequate , could you make your children eat the same thing day after day , after day after day . |