Example sentences of "this [adj] thing [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh this bloody thing that you 've been |
| 2 | ‘ I wanted to show the people who did this terrible thing that we are defiant , ’ he said . ’ |
| 3 | And you know I went into that film it was just being launched in America , and there was a sort of prologue to the film and er I did n't know whether to , to become terribly angry or , or just about cry because the prologue was as if Britain was a sinking ship you know , this was the last we would see of this great thing and they made the most of it you know , like er i the g the film was the old private schools you know the old w well the public schools in England . |
| 4 | I mean that 's a , a thing that er I remember seeing a TV documentary and there was this bloke , I du n no if he was from the Terence Higgins Trust , I do n't think so , but erm er anyway he was going on about this , this very thing that there 's often the homophobic imagination er has this sort of slippage between you know , consenting adult activity and if you 're gay , if you 're homosexual then this probably means that you 're also interested in seducing children , you 're also interested in sado-masochistic activity er you 're also interested in , you know , a whole variety of other , you know , things which |
| 5 | They began to busy themselves cheerfully with preparations for the meal , one or other of them constantly trying to engage Moran with this small thing or that , until he was drawn by their uncanny tact into the general cheerfulness . |
| 6 | You ca n't see it , sometimes the agents will put a stenching er material in it that you can you can smell it , mm , I can smell gas you know and it 's this stenching thing that you can smell , but very rarely can you see it . |
| 7 | ‘ I think people get even angrier if they think about this precise thing that was done in their so-called formative years that made them the way they are . |
| 8 | He looked at this wonderful thing and said : ‘ I wonder if our Germans will ever be able to make anything like this ? ’ |
| 9 | And this , this other thing as well about erm which is obviously and erm I think what they had in mind was that before you start doing anything radical , before you start having any real land reform at all , you have to ensure that you really have control of that area , he 's had this |
| 10 | Er we could have done with cars , he says , what are they bringing out this silly thing when we could have done with more cars you know . |