Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] thing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's going to buy her a new typewriter ; that old thing she practises on makes a noise like a candyman 's trumpet . |
| 2 | We 're off er well York this funny thing I got to see that it all goes through for my dad . |
| 3 | Another funny thing she had had to have explained to her was why some grown-ups would go to the Ragged School at night time . |
| 4 | And we called it the man-killer because we had ridge and furrow land down there , and this darn thing they was taking , and nothing would come over the top for ages , and suddenly the whole lot would come over on top of you , of course it as well , and you had to that 's what we were doing . |
| 5 | Some blinking thing they 're , they 're needing for a er accents you know |
| 6 | In this little thing I saw three truths . |
| 7 | So we , we th that , that was er another good thing they , they got going but there was very little for , for nurses to do . |
| 8 | ‘ But before I go on to thank our host , Lord Darlington , I have some small thing I would wish to remove from my chest . |
| 9 | Wear this fucking thing it 's attached to my hair |
| 10 | Yes I know what you mean He 's not the nervous little thing he was . |
| 11 | She said apologetically " Well , he has had to be careful so long , watching every tiny little thing he does , I suppose … " |
| 12 | What was that large thing I had last night mum ? |
| 13 | Dear little thing he was , just like Jenny had been at his age . |
| 14 | I was laughing at her , that fake thing she 's got on it |
| 15 | The diesel check , described by one test station owner as ‘ the worst possible thing you could do to any engine , ’ was suspended yesterday pending the results of an inquiry into the damage claims . |
| 16 | Inchbad had moved across to sit beside her and had taken her hand between his finger and thumb and was exclaiming what a pretty little thing she was and it the shame of the world that her brother had had to ride of land leave her all alone . |
| 17 | A pretty little thing it was , with dark hair : well , you 've seen Emily for yourself . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ What a passionate little thing you are , Aphrosyne Taylor-Agathangelou — ’ A strange upheaval seemed to half strangle what he was saying . |
| 19 | Indeed , they have a psychological mechanism in their brains which impels them to follow the first large moving thing they see after they emerge from their shells , even if it is not their mother . |
| 20 | The cold smooth thing I was sitting on was a beer keg , which explained why my bum hurt as well . |
| 21 | But I did kick the drug , Mr Breakspear , and it was probably the hardest damned thing I ever did in all my life . |
| 22 | Great big when they you know when they brought it in you know , a great big thing you know and we said , What 's this about ? |
| 23 | A fascinating new thing I learned during these sessions was ‘ feather care ’ , which , of course , comes under the general heading of the bird 's health and safety . |
| 24 | It 's almost the only profitable thing I did yesterday . ’ |
| 25 | " I do n't like beefburgers and things , so now and again I do proper cooking , like stews and puddings — that 's the only exciting thing I do . |
| 26 | I think that 's I think that 's the first sensible thing they 've done . |
| 27 | My parents thought my marriage was the first sensible thing I 'd ever done . |
| 28 | ‘ That is the very first foolish thing I have ever heard you say , young lady , ’ Mr O'Hara replied with a smile . |
| 29 | Maybe dying is the only honest thing we do . |
| 30 | Chair , just before we go into , there 's one quick thing I would like to add . |