Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [det] [art] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't begin to try to explain what is in someone 's mind to do such a thing . |
| 2 | ‘ And you think we might just take the opportunity to suggest such a thing . ’ |
| 3 | Instead she said , quite neutrally , as if reserving the choice of being pleased or angry : ‘ He had no right to say such a thing . ’ |
| 4 | It would help me as a wife to know such a thing . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But who would have the knowledge to do such a thing ? ’ |
| 6 | I 'd have to be insane or an imbecile to do such a thing . ’ |
| 7 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 8 | You 'd not be the first young widow to do such a thing , ’ |