Example sentences of "[art] thing is [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The thing is nobody wants to buy it
2 I mean the thing is their own
3 The thing is what ?
4 ‘ I 'm assured the thing is what they call user friendly . ’
5 Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done .
6 The thing is what I 've got to say is , they live in , in a different world from us , the six forces in the er our region and Derbyshire are er second to us , a distant second and then the other four have got no problems compared with us
7 But then the thing is what are you on next week ?
8 Yes but the thing is what I would really like is get two there then waddle it in one there and then
9 The thing is what 's she doing with all these bloody skiing holidays for ?
10 I 'm not The thing is what you 're assuming then is that the pattern in the peak hour is typical for the day as a whole .
11 oh you should n't let them , er , and the , the thing is somebody else argues on their behalf then they think they can get away with it more
12 Yeah bu bu but the thing is its
13 And the thing is they 're doing a huge charity dance , the Rotary Club of Alfreton , on Friday this week , the twelfth .
14 There 's , the thing is they 're terribly expensive if you , if you do n't exactly have any money
15 The thing is they are slow , you 've you 've got to remember to wait and you you know you
16 Well you see the thing is they they they
17 The thing is they do get a lot from the daughter do n't they ?
18 He said er but of course the thing is they do n't expect elderly ladies to notice their car numbers and remember them .
19 well the thing is they 've
20 But erm but the thing is they ca , they co the blokes do n't have to behind do n't see that much do they ?
21 The thing is they do n't put the value on any more do they ?
22 The , the thing is they 're , they 're the only one with an M O D contract the only ones amongst the
23 I mean the thing is they 've got
24 The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's
25 Well the thing is they 're not gon na get any wind of erm what so he 's gon na get sacked .
26 The thing is they 're still young and I suppose it 's possible that they could be taught their minds are still impressionable .
27 about that , mm the thing is they 're gon na put , they 're gon na put , from the Sky to the televisions they 're gon na put a satellite dish on the roof
28 The thing is we 'll have to do something or we 'll find we 'll have to work for a living and we do n't want to do that . ’
29 As I have said , the thing is we are just totally different people .
30 So w the thing is we do n't want to be seen .
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