Example sentences of "not [verb] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just because some of them do n't know their arse from their elbow does n't mean that we 're not bringing the whole thing under control . ’ |
| 2 | Again he 's probably not eating the right things . |
| 3 | However , even those who do not doubt the terrible things that happened can still squabble about their meaning . |
| 4 | Language , by not replacing the signified thing at the supposed centre of the structure it has created , discredits the idea of there being a centre at all . |
| 5 | Why not do the whole thing in plastic ? |
| 6 | ‘ With a river handy , and you past resistance , why not do the obvious thing , and shove you far enough in to make sure the current took you ? |
| 7 | If the practice had not done the efficient thing and had installed only part of the structure , to a value of £8,000 , it would have received 50 per cent . |
| 8 | It 's not got the creative thing , which , I mean , competition , to get a a ten , or a nine , you 've got ta really have some creative element in it , this has n't quite got that , but it is a very strong picture and , and very nicely photographed so I 'll give this one , eight . |
| 9 | And from here it was but a step to suggesting that women did not take the whole thing seriously as a profession . |
| 10 | Lester is one-dimensional ; there 's nothing else he can think about apart from riding race horses , and getting a bit of money as well also helps him , so the problem is , when you 're one-dimensional , you 're lost if you 're not doing the only thing you love and understand , and that must be a bit sad . |
| 11 | He must not forget the small things of life , he concluded , they kept you sane . |
| 12 | Huy had returned to his house in order to work out a way of getting into the brothel known by the impious name of the Glory of Set — Nebamun had been right , he found that he simply could not let the whole thing drop , and now there was a friend 's death to be avenged — when the message had come for him from the palace compound . |
| 13 | ‘ It is important that they do not allow the depressing things they have heard to affect them ; that they do not take them home with them . ’ |
| 14 | That was the trouble with Mrs Flaherty , you could n't trust her not to say the wrong thing in company , that was one of the reasons why she was the Wrong Element . |
| 15 | If you do , on , if you 're in a negative cycle , and you do start getting positive reactions , if you 're lucky and recognise that , can they not turn the whole thing around ? |
| 16 | ( e ) As we have seen , an intention to repay or substitute may be dishonest because the defendant can not replace the very thing taken , yet if he intends to return the property itself , he is not guilty of theft because he does not have the intention permanently to deprive . |
| 17 | I 'm sure they are in a mess and perhaps you will not find the right thing , after all . ’ |
| 18 | It does n't cover the important things . |
| 19 | you do n't think the other thing is that people who erm you know there there is everybody 's got wedding fairs in their own area , first of all , they 're going to go to those anyway and buy from their own local person . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't tie the damn thing ; I 'm all fingers and thumbs . |
| 21 | And to point out to her now that she did n't know the right thing to do when visiting people like the Kirkleys would be , in a way , against the advice she had just given her , although it was n't to do with talking ; more like behaviour and deportment or some such . |
| 22 | Erm , it interests me very much how people choose er not only in light fitting , but how you choose furniture and they choose designs generally , because I have a theory that er a lot of people do n't consider the practical things , maybe as much as you know like you or me when we 're conscience of that sort of thing |
| 23 | Well I mean we need n't buy the expensive things like sweatshirts |
| 24 | Assuming she had n't made the whole thing up . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , dear , I hope I have n't said the wrong thing ? |
| 26 | Jim , nicknamed Loony Loran , said : ‘ William did n't finish the whole thing . |
| 27 | They do n't do the right things . |
| 28 | Alejandro gets pissed off and shouts if you do n't do the right thing straight away . |
| 29 | We we were brought up to believe that if you did n't do the right thing you would be punished . |
| 30 | ‘ If you do n't do the desirable thing I will present a penalty . ’ |