Example sentences of "[adj] [art] thing " in BNC.
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| 31 | This did not mean that he was above sacrificing aesthetic principle — if there is such a thing , and if he had it — to the purely partisan pleasures of Morte aux païens . |
| 32 | The British Legion 's advertising campaign with jackbooted Germans marching in front of Parliament preys on our fears and offers a solution — namely we 've got to be armed to our teeth to prevent such a thing from happening . |
| 33 | Today , it is no longer possible to imagine such a thing happening . |
| 34 | Take a sergeant with you , assuming there is such a thing left in the building . ’ |
| 35 | Oh I used to think ‘ how beautiful ’ if such a thing were possible , but I had no idea that such love was thought vile . |
| 36 | Is there not such a thing as pity ? |
| 37 | Is there such a thing as a ‘ criterion ’ of truth ? |
| 38 | In the Dialogues Berkeley shows awareness of the possible accusation of unfair dealing : he admits ‘ spiritual substance ; although [ we ] … have no idea of it ’ , while he denies that ‘ there can be such a thing as material substance , because [ we ] … have no notion or idea of it ’ . |
| 39 | And as for him going up Back Clough Dale and mithering the folk up there , and all for nothing — well , I reckon you 've lost your brains , my lad , to think of such a thing . |
| 40 | ( Dana would never dream of doing such a thing — he would just take off into the void and somehow find his way around . ) |
| 41 | How could she have brought herself to think such a thing , let alone put it into words — let alone threaten me ! |
| 42 | The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible . |
| 43 | I am not for one moment suggesting that you could do such a thing yourself because I think you would do it with more style and use a magnum of champagne . |
| 44 | ‘ Well , I never knew there was such a thing , ’ the Mayor spluttered . |
| 45 | Two or three times , during the past few days , she had caught herself blaming Alida Thorne bitterly , but had pulled herself up short , for she had no experience of life alone with an elderly and ailing dependent , she could not say , I would never do such a thing , because how did anyone know ? |
| 46 | A lot of people might not have any taste for such a thing . ’ |
| 47 | I am quite astonished that you should suggest such a thing . |
| 48 | ‘ I have no need of such a thing . ’ |
| 49 | Such a thing would cause repercussions far and wide . |
| 50 | ‘ Either I 'm mad or people reincarnate , or there 's such a thing as possession , or … |
| 51 | How can a man do such a thing ? |
| 52 | And by this means , perhaps , by being ambitious or ‘ miriad-minded ’ , I can perhaps address myself to the nature of this foulness : how can a man do such a thing ? |
| 53 | It was you that was sick , wanting to do such a thing . |
| 54 | His own ecclesiastical authority as an archbishop and metropolitan , though a reflection of papal authority at one level , was too important to him in itself to allow of such a thing . |
| 55 | Abrams , who said he had never heard of such a thing before , asked him no more about them . |
| 56 | He added , alarmingly , of the November shipment : ‘ I know that that is in my memory that I had heard of France being connected with such a thing . ’ |
| 57 | As for the matter of the diversion of funds , he still believed that there had never been such a thing . |
| 58 | I believe that he committed himself to assuring that he would never be party to such a thing again if he could prevent it . |
| 59 | ‘ A few years ago you would niver have heard of such a thing . ’ |
| 60 | Ellen was emphatic : — I could not take myself to a Foreign Land as you did Lily and never wanted such a thing and though you would be there that alone would in no way satisfy me and I should be afraid . |