Example sentences of "you [vb past] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | She longed to say : you 're lying , you made the whole thing up so you would n't get scolded for breaking the dish . |
| 2 | Some people thought plastic plates were tacky , but if you used the real thing once you got over a certain number you just had endless mess afterwards . |
| 3 | ‘ You did the right thing ’ , replied the sculptor generously . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure you did the right thing . |
| 5 | This ‘ Doyler ’ fellow talks about the break-up of his marriage as though we 're expected to feel sorry for him , rather than cracking open a jerobaum of Bollinger , and saying ‘ you did the right thing there , my man . |
| 6 | And your father and I thought you did the right thing about David . |
| 7 | They punished you when you did the wrong thing , and they rewarded you when , when , when they did , when you did the right thing . |
| 8 | ‘ You did the right thing . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You did the right thing . |
| 10 | ‘ You did the right thing , ’ Lindsey said reassuringly . |
| 11 | ‘ You did the right thing , poppet . |
| 12 | You did the right thing . |
| 13 | You did the wise thing , calling a halt when you did , she told herself sharply for the umpteenth time . |
| 14 | They punished you when you did the wrong thing , and they rewarded you when , when , when they did , when you did the right thing . |
| 15 | I mean if you think that an atom is , as we said , typically ten to the minus eight of a centimetre , then a nucleus is typically ten to the minus twelve of a centimetre , so that 's four orders of magnitude down , so the nucleus itself , if you scaled the whole thing down by a factor of ten to the four , the neucleus itself again is made up of a fair amount of free space and loss of particles inside it . |