Example sentences of "thing [is] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were various factors that came into making this decision but one of the things is I 'm heartily sick that I have never been able to go away on holiday in the autumn ever in my life . |
| 2 | The things is I got list everybody in the order in which they spoke . |
| 3 | And one of those things is you , Frome . ’ |
| 4 | and , and what do you do about it , you know whe when they er y you know , I mean , I mean I think one of the things is you , you can start off erm you know very open and so on , but if you 're not careful y y you actually take on responsibility for them you know in a , in a way which is actually not helpful to them and is probably very bad for you |
| 5 | Always looking to , how can I put this , upgrade things is it like you know . |
| 6 | Counting things is it ? |
| 7 | The thing 's I 've had two attempts at me and I 've never had any feedback whatsoever . |
| 8 | The sad thing is they 've never notice . |
| 9 | They react to them in that way because automatically some of them do n't come from a background in which they grew up with father figures and another thing is they ca n't live up to the expectations of a lot of black women , so it makes them feel lesser . |
| 10 | But the funny thing is they fell in exactly the same way . |
| 11 | The next thing is they get the kid fixed up with a Dynmouth woman so 's they can see it growing . |
| 12 | And the thing is they 're doing a huge charity dance , the Rotary Club of Alfreton , on Friday this week , the twelfth . |
| 13 | The amazing thing is they addressed customers exactly the same way . |
| 14 | The main thing is they do n't inform you of what 's happening now until it 's happened and then they say , oh well , we did n't need to consultate with you cos it does n't affect your members . |
| 15 | Well , I have a friend who is an Everton fan , and he says he can get tickets for this game , the only thing is they are with the Everton fans . |
| 16 | There 's , the thing is they 're terribly expensive if you , if you do n't exactly have any money |
| 17 | The thing is they are slow , you 've you 've got to remember to wait and you you know you |
| 18 | or the best thing is they |
| 19 | Gloucester do n't believe in doing things the easy way … funny thing is they play better when they 're up against it … so this game was ideal … they were losing and down to fourteen men when Pete Jones was sent off mid way through the first half for stamping … |
| 20 | Well you see the thing is they they they |
| 21 | The thing is they do get a lot from the daughter do n't they ? |
| 22 | He said er but of course the thing is they do n't expect elderly ladies to notice their car numbers and remember them . |
| 23 | I know , but the only thing is they 'll be very , very special ! |
| 24 | well the thing is they 've |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | The thing is they do n't put the value on any more do they ? |
| 27 | Thing is they 're not much about mate is there ? |
| 28 | The , the thing is they 're , they 're the only one with an M O D contract the only ones amongst the |
| 29 | The only thing is they want to be and that . |
| 30 | I mean the thing is they 've got |