Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think of it in terms of a melody and then harmonise it , or does the whole thing come as a block concept ? |
| 2 | Nor lets the smallest thing evade his eyes . |
| 3 | One gripes and holds off and bangs the pillows and thinks the real thing is to come , and then one starts to lose the thread . |
| 4 | He uses the metaphor of the commercial viability of two watchmakers , one of whom puts watches together out of finished sub-assemblies which can not fall apart , and another who assembles each watch from its basic parts and risks the whole thing falling to pieces if dropped . |
| 5 | When sequences are similar the team will indicate their preferences so a rough cut can be made by the editor , who joins all the desired sequences together and cuts the whole thing to the exact time . |
| 6 | He removes the lid and examines the whole thing closely . |
| 7 | ‘ A man no more sees and feels the same thing than he hears and feels the same thing . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ A man no more sees and feels the same thing than he hears and feels the same thing . ’ |
| 9 | That done , he leans over to the other side and does the same thing with his other hand and foot so that both his palms and his soles are anointed with his pungent urine . |
| 10 | We might say , however : ‘ If the fire burns away the dross and leaves the real thing behind , what is the nature of that original ? ’ |