Example sentences of "this whole thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | A diametrically different view came from a trades-union leader , Mr Lee Chuk-Yan , who said : ‘ This whole thing of right of abode gives one more choice to people who already have lots of choices . |
| 2 | Wendy : ‘ This whole thing is pathetic , that 's my problem ’ — could take the shine off one of the highlights of Kylie 's career . |
| 3 | Ben Johnson was a step forward ; this whole thing is step back . ’ |
| 4 | All she wanted was to get this whole thing over with , so she could go home to Kentish Town and sleep in her own bed . |
| 5 | ‘ Sorry , Mr Lawler , ’ she apologized , thinking this whole thing was rapidly degenerating into a farce . |
| 6 | A perfected body , not an adolescent one , which was odd , because the rest of Boy was unfinished , and that 's what this whole thing is about . |
| 7 | I think this whole thing of racing off to get divorced at the first snag you hit seems pathetic . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ This whole thing 's a sham , ’ she hissed . |
| 9 | This whole thing was a nightmare , a sea monster inextricably wrapped around her limbs which would be with her until the day she died . |
| 10 | ‘ This whole thing of learning to improvise via chord scales is very useful , but it can be deceiving . |
| 11 | There 's nothing worse to come but just a different perspective which will probably put this whole thing into a new light . ’ |
| 12 | It does not reflect the way this whole thing happened . |
| 13 | I 've tried to keep some level of consideration for everybody through this whole thing . |
| 14 | At a polling station in Kompong Cham , a photographer confronted by the sight of hundreds of voters rather than piles of corpses , spun on his heels and announced , ‘ This whole thing is a farce . ’ |
| 15 | I mean the communication strategy for this whole thing has got to be sorted out and , you know , we want , the leader wants staff involvement , public involvement in it erm , and erm , but I 'm just telling you advance on what 's gon na be told . |
| 16 | When Don first actually broached this whole thing . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , Mr. Preston , I 'm trying to tell you this whole thing the way it happened . |
| 18 | Erm , she started really by , well th well there is two of them involved at the time , but they started by reading a book on the subject and really just talking to me about it certainly , because I mean they really did n't understand , you know because food to them is just food , you know it was just some meal they had to eat because they were hungry and they could n't understand why I had got this whole thing completely distorted . |
| 19 | This whole thing of the bride being , well often not , but frogmarched down the aisle and being transferred from being her father 's property to being her husband 's property |
| 20 | ‘ This whole thing will be strictly on a need-to-know basis . |
| 21 | And , in view of what you 've told me about the computer and knocking off all those agents , this whole thing is a lot bigger than just guarding Trimmler . |
| 22 | This whole thing 's a mystery . |
| 23 | Look , Billie , this whole thing is changing shape . |
| 24 | There 's something slimy and crooked involved in this whole thing ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ If you 're not happy with my services , I 'm prepared to call this whole thing off , ’ she informed him coldly . |
| 26 | This whole thing 's destroying you . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not gon na get hung with this whole thing out of my budget , ’ Coleman heard him insist , as did half the staff of the embassy . |
| 28 | This whole thing . |
| 29 | ‘ If I ca n't do what I want I 'd rather call this whole thing off . ’ |
| 30 | I hate the way you control this whole thing … and now you 're even demanding control over the subjects we talk about ! ’ |