Example sentences of "be [vb pp] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was a one day in which Frenchie Nick Nicholson erm brought all the tail-enders across and had been told the one thing he should n't do was be last he was thinking I 'm not last and behind you then he came in in front of him and he was last . |
| 2 | After the usual cost-trimming exercises have been accomplished the only thing left to do is to sell off some of the most profitable parts to raise cash . |
| 3 | We see our own dissatisfactions , our own pointless , unfocused longings in her and we are forced , because we are shown the terrible thing that happens to her , to question aspects of ourselves which might otherwise remain unexamined . |
| 4 | The United Nations General Assembly has been called the nearest thing to a world parliament . |
| 5 | Fortunately , computer buyers are spared the one thing which afflicts consumers of prestige-based goods : computer brand names do n't confer any status unless you 're one of those nerds who hangs out with hackers and reckons that one 's image is enhanced by owning Conner , ATI , Logitech or whatever . |
| 6 | Yes I mean , I think that we had a big discussion at the last area committee on the scheme and the problem was of course that the detailed plans er , for the consultation erm to the , I 'm at , I 'm a bit worried that at this late stage there 's this new idea of of building on the green wedge at the back and I would n't like to think that the scheme should be delayed the important thing , it seems to me , is that it should press ahead and |
| 7 | Peter Rawlins , having failed in his mission to set up the stubbornly impracticable Taurus computer trading system , has done what used to be called the honourable thing . |
| 8 | with the first and last of course are gon na be called the same thing . |
| 9 | ‘ She was so very young , yet she seemed to understand what it could be like , being denied the one thing you wanted . |
| 10 | But royalists are determined the same thing will not happen to the grave . |
| 11 | But the 27-year-old firmly believes he 's done the right thing . |
| 12 | So I suppose it 's what she wanted and she 's done the right thing . |
| 13 | He 's done the same thing with the torture scene . |
| 14 | He 's only thirty-four , and he 's done the same thing all over the Far East , taking over struggling and usually amateur or pirate radio stations like this one once was , and putting in people like me who pull commercial sponsorship because we draw listeners . |
| 15 | ‘ I know a guy who has been fined three times and he 's done the same thing again and got another fine . |
| 16 | Mm , see this is a very difficult one to understand , it takes a lot of er working out , you see then he 's also applied , approached the city you see which is called the same thing is n't it ? |
| 17 | No he 's away on holiday for a week or two weeks so that 's blown the whole thing . |
| 18 | Yes and er it 's been suggested the final thing that was suggested that you realised she was there . |
| 19 | But I was asked the same thing after Duncton Wood came out , I said I 'd never do another and I 've written five more . |