Example sentences of "thing that [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's a thing that they wish they could dis-invent , do n't they . |
| 2 | But they 're they were all kind ladies and er the thing that they punished us with really was made of cardboard , like er , er a pointer or a stick , it was a pointer that they pointed to the board when they drew things on and told us about them , but sometimes boys By the way , boy sat with girl , at the desk with two in and er it was quite satisfactory , I do n't remember any other upset with being there th th th there were two sexes , we were five years of age to begin with and stayed till seven . |
| 3 | You 've only got to solve the silly simple thing that they give you which is |
| 4 | Erm now , so he said erm that 's what they 're aiming for this thing that they want them to do on May the eighteenth plus a sponsorship walk on the sixth of June |
| 5 | Assertiveness always seems to be one of these subjects that really , I do n't why but it seems to get to get people talking about about being aggressive about dismissive about lots of different things and I think assertion perhaps is one thing that we need we need to clarify |
| 6 | We 've , we 've just been told to write it about either kidnapping or erm about the thing that I told you |
| 7 | So I just went I knew I did the only thing that I knew I could do . |
| 8 | Erm the thing that I feel I could n't go to see her in is erm Hello Joyce . |
| 9 | One thing that I think we have to be very careful about , if we did legalize cannabis there would be a proportion of adolescents who would get a great kick out of it , but there would those who do n't get the kick because it 's not illegal . |
| 10 | The last passage I 'm going to have time to read comes in the erm speech of Adam erm , not actually speech , the inward soliloquy to Adam , the first thing that he says he says his case is not yet fallen when he sees Eve . |
| 11 | He thought your freelance Mrs Howard represented the same thing that he thinks he represents himself : the defence of this country . |
| 12 | It 's , the thing that you push it into , the two prongs will do . |
| 13 | A few years ago they were making some of the best pop singles you could play on a jukebox : ‘ Something About You ’ , ‘ Leaving Me Now ’ , ‘ Lessons In Love ’ , all the kind of thing that you felt you were going to be sick of hearing before long but which still sounded good after the thousandth time . |
| 14 | But yeah , I can see that , I can see that side of it but , I do n't know , just people that you say something in confidence to like , not like Trem but well er yeah I told , I told well Jenny take that thing that you told her , I mean that 's a bit off . |