Example sentences of "come [prep] the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 're still in the area , you can come to the whole thing ! ’ she grinned . |
| 2 | At once she thought : I could have taken two thousand , three — it would come to the same thing . |
| 3 | Three times eight or eight times times three does n't matter which way you do it , it 'd come to the same thing . |
| 4 | We may contrast with this the phrase semantic components , where the two interpretations are virtually indistinguishable ; it will be seen that this phrase will always come to the same thing in practical terms , whether we regard the components as being semantic , with ascriptive use of the adjective , or as components connected with semantics , taking the associative interpretation . |
| 5 | Although many sentences with this surface sequence will always come to the same thing pragmatically , whichever of the two constructions is assumed ( this is one of the features which can make careful syntactic analysis such a delicate matter ) , it is nonetheless possible to find some which are open to either syntactic interpretation but with a clear difference in meaning ; this will then help to throw the syntactic difference into relief . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect it 'll come to the same thing in the end , ’ Zen told him as they shook hands . |
| 7 | ‘ It 'll come to the same thing in the end , ’ he 'd told Luciano Bartocci . |