Example sentences of "[det] thing [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's Thursday tomorrow erm his mother 's going out tonight , some thing so she 's out |
| 2 | And er she wanted er you know she has visions of us filling the streets of from to with banners waving and the we asked for no banners in the first rally we had back in October because we did n't want it to be seen as some thing that had you know big sort of take over and everybody you know the Communist Party and the language people and er all the different factions being able to wave their banners you know , We support the Blaenau quarry men . |
| 3 | Marrying out of one 's own culture is a rejection of that culture and some thing or things feared within it . |
| 4 | Proof of the Higgs 's existence — or the existence of some thing or set of things which can fulfill the same role — would complete the standard model and open the door to the new physics beyond . |
| 5 | There are others which express an attitude towards some thing or state of affairs the existence of which is stated , or at least implied , and which therefore also express a belief in its existence . |
| 6 | ‘ It was one thing to challenge it before it set up and another thing once they 'd got going ’ , a member said . |
| 7 | Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day . |
| 8 | Another thing that irritates Broderick is the way journalists have tried to interpret his 1987 car accident in Northern Ireland as a ‘ maturing ’ influence . |
| 9 | There is another thing that I would like to ask . |
| 10 | Another thing that is quite likely to happen is that neither of us trusts the other : we both play DEFECT for all ten rounds of the game , and the banker gains $100 in fines from each of us . |
| 11 | Another thing that was a disappointment for me was missing the traditional breaking through the ropes and the spectators at the end ; getting the police escort through to the last . |
| 12 | Another thing that brightened his life was that he changed lodgings on returning to Cape Town , moving to 71 Bree Street , the home of an artist , Freda Lock . |
| 13 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |
| 14 | Another thing that distinguished Mario back in the very earliest days was that he always wanted to win at everything . |
| 15 | Another thing that struck me was the difference in sexual attitudes between Germany and Britain . |
| 16 | That was another thing that annoyed her about the child : she always had to find something nice to say . |
| 17 | That was another thing that gave her pleasure ; to listen to Ben playing his whistle . |
| 18 | Another thing that makes the animals such difficult subjects is the fact that they are so heavily persecuted . |
| 19 | So polishing becomes yet another thing that the furniture-maker has to know how to do . |
| 20 | Well that , that was another thing that we did debate |
| 21 | and erm I just think that women are so strong and , and another thing that I find er that is very important , is perhaps there 's women here we should look at why there 's only one female prison in Scotland and about fourteen male lot and including young offenders institutions and er , I mean what is it we are as agenda er just less criminally minded , more controlled , more clever , what , you know we should be teaching men . |
| 22 | Oh , yes , well I mean I o obviously I When she worked She used to get up I 'll tell you another thing that she used to do . |
| 23 | And er another thing that used to happen though , if anything happened to that shaft , you see ? |
| 24 | And er another thing that we never did in those school er very very very rarely did a boy erm oh what did we use to call it ? |
| 25 | Another thing that seriously disappoints me about this life I 'm living through : the reading . |
| 26 | Another thing that usually works is the naming of flowers , in English . |
| 27 | It 's another thing that makes me wonder if the crazed geniuses who developed the first Intelloids were n't perpetrating some subtly painful joke on the human race . |
| 28 | Another thing that surprised me more than anything was , our main supplier of tea , which we get over half our tea from now , is Kenya . |
| 29 | Another thing that might be worth doing as well I mean do n't make it too complicated we ought to about which things to put in . |
| 30 | Er now I mean One thing that a lot of the literature says is that this might indicate a power , and another thing that the literature says |