Example sentences of "it [is] the [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's the same thing over and over again . ’ |
| 2 | Cowley said , ‘ It 's the same thing all over : Paris , Amsterdam , Rome , Berlin … a lot of refugee students , mostly kicked out by Lin Foh 's military Government . |
| 3 | I think they just sort of it 's the same thing in a different order . |
| 4 | It 's the same thing every day ; you ca n't sort of say you 're not going to do it , because you 've got to do it — like preparing a meal : it 's got to be done because if you do n't do it , the children would n't eat … |
| 5 | You could say a fourth it does n't matter it 's the same thing . |
| 6 | But everything there It 's the same thing as when you were doing this . |
| 7 | Changing the colour of light , changing the pitch of a sound — it 's the same thing . |
| 8 | And anything that goes in between those disturbs the beam and it causes an electric current to sound the alarm and it 's the same thing that happens with the er detectors . |
| 9 | Sure , there are differences , they 've got this one-eyed machine and so on , but basically it 's the same thing , and we even tell them it 's going to end in the same way with the raft capsizing . |
| 10 | If you have nine eight it 's the same thing as saying three beats in a bar . |
| 11 | So and it 's the same thing with the preferences . |
| 12 | Aye , it 's the same thing down your back . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's the same thing again , is n't it ? |
| 14 | It 's the same thing . ’ |
| 15 | Just millions of conferences that just tire you out and exhaust you , and nothing change as you come out of the conference — it 's the same thing . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's the same thing over here , is n't it ? |
| 17 | It 's the same thing . |
| 18 | Well it 's the same thing as a travel agent |
| 19 | Now really it 's the same thing , do n't be afraid you ca n't be afraid to ask because if you 're not clear in your own mind how the hell is the person who 's trying to communicate with you going to be clear . |
| 20 | Because you know it 's the same thing . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's the same thing as people talking too loudly in public places so they can be overheard by strangers . |
| 22 | It 's the same thing . |
| 23 | Certainly , the only go , the only way I run a shift , the way she runs checkouts , is erm , by going , you , it 's the same thing every day , you 've got to run through everything on the same point order , because you know , you 've been doing it , it 's got to be done at the same time , like bread the last lot 's got to be on by four . |
| 24 | Of course it 's the same thing with the foghorns . |
| 25 | it 's the same thing today . |
| 26 | But it 's the same thing . |
| 27 | It 's the same thing over again on two . |
| 28 | Yeah , well it 's the same thing . |
| 29 | You 're dividing it by ten or you 're of-ing , times-ing , multiplying it by one tenth , it 's the same thing . |
| 30 | Now it 's the same thing . |