Example sentences of "thing be [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 As things are they think I 'm dead .
2 Yeah , it 's either the fence yeah , you know that white fence , either there or on the other side where those gold things are you know , or if we 're not there , go on the other side of the park where the other gold things are .
3 Usually they 're silly things were you have n't quite clipped in correctly to the rope and suddenly , zap , you realise you 've missed death by only a hair 's breadth .
4 Well the thing being you see , I mean , there 's no illness in my family , I really do n't see the benefit to be honest with you .
5 The thing 's I 've had two attempts at me and I 've never had any feedback whatsoever .
6 The next thing is they get the kid fixed up with a Dynmouth woman so 's they can see it growing .
7 Well what the whole thing is they put
8 No , but , even , even some of those erm the only thing is they tend to get work and they tend not to tell you they 've done it .
9 The sad thing is they 've never notice .
10 well the thing is they 've
11 I mean the thing is they 've got
12 And the great thing is they 've taken that opportunity and erm thankfully we are still lying there in second place .
13 Well when , that 's what I said to , er Paula people should always go to that village shop because in the long run I know it might cost you more , but the hassle and everything , the only thing is they have n't got the variety
14 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 …
15 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 .
16 The thing is they do get a lot from the daughter do n't they ?
17 He said er but of course the thing is they do n't expect elderly ladies to notice their car numbers and remember them .
18 The thing is they do n't put the value on any more do they ?
19 Thing is they do n't they do n't do that to young children .
20 The only thing is they want to be and that .
21 The big thing is we 've got two things going on here , two different types , one of them is a , a f .
22 We 're hoping and I 'm crossing my fingers here , that we 'll get in excess of five thousand people there and the interesting thing is we 've got a commercial exhibition at it , to give it a flavour of Scotland where people will show all the good things made in Scotland and we 're calling it the taste and touch of Scotland and hopefully that will offset the cost of all the other , other er stalls and things that we 're holding .
23 The only thing , other thing is we 've been you know debating about the er stuff to make up the wax which we 'll have to go to Morrells by all , and get it sent here
24 Just the Thing is we get so much crap through the post right , that er
25 Course the initial thing is we get some reaction back from this , this
26 So w the thing is we do n't want to be seen .
27 Well they said well we 'll go back on Thursday and he said we 've been round everywhere , he said , the thing is we do n't know the area cos everyone
28 The only thing is we need a water supply , we need a bit of help now , because of what 's happening to me and because of his heart .
29 I mean , th the , the other thing is we need , we need it we need it recovered in something that 's but I mean that 's not a massive job , and we , and we , and I want the toilet trough that sort of thing .
30 We used to get exactly the same rebate , the only thing is we have to wait three months for it .
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