Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] the thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roofleaf became the thing they worship . |
| 2 | I mean I think the first is that the kind of evidence one picks up , none of it on its own can be considered , I think , to be totally objective or totally valid , but what it does is it builds up a part of a picture and gradually different sorts of evidence build up a rather more complicated , rather more perhaps accurate picture of a situation , and it 's really the cross-checking of different kinds of evidence that in the end gives the thing some kind of validity . |
| 3 | The now illegal practice of scuffing one half of the ball is no longer designed to allow the spinner to grip the thing , but to assist swing bowlers . |
| 4 | That is the time to get the thing out of the house and take up evening classes in deep-sea diving . |
| 5 | ( c ) If the victim wants the thing during the time when the accused has dishonestly borrowed it , he can not use it , whether or not the accused intends permanently to deprive . |
| 6 | When you went to the driller you 'd got ta hold it in your hand or get a sommat , a gadget to hold the thing on , pull put the drill in . |
| 7 | But the newspaper people — and the people who read them , which is pretty well everybody — they 've had no chance to think the thing through . |
| 8 | ‘ A man kills the thing he loves , and he must die a little himself . |
| 9 | Now we travelled the best part of the Ukraine and we also dipped into and er we were there about a month , just under a month , and erm one of the impressions that I got there , just as an ordinary chap , no , not learned politically so I ca n't speak on the level er of most of your callers today , but er , I realise that here you had er people , in actual fact my my comment was the country 's half finished , everywhere you went there were building constructions so far incomplete , er projects underway and you 've got the impression that they did need communism in a way to make the thing work er , the er , let's take the Ukrainians , I mean that , that 's where the Cossacks come from and they love a good time , er those sort of people in a way need a strong government . |