Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] the real thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | You wo n't know it 's the real thing unless you ( and she ) still feel the same in , oh , a year or so at least ; that 's the only way to prove you are n't living a dragonfly mistake . |
| 2 | Maybe she 'd been too ready to believe it was the real thing ? |
| 3 | They were stopped and questioned by the police , who thought they were the real thing . |
| 4 | It 's lovely I thought it was the real thing . |
| 5 | He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing — until he burst out laughing . |
| 6 | I suppose you might say it 's the real thing . ’ |