Example sentences of "of [det] thing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I ever catch our Jane on the back of that thing I 'll give you both barrels , ’ bawled Tiny over his shoulder . |
| 2 | Mentioning the white chromosome reminds me of another thing I wanted to say , because erm another variant of this incorrect criticism that people made of Darwin about blending , and you still hear this today , and people should know better , especially the social sciences , is , oh , single genes can not influence behaviour . |
| 3 | The point Herrnstein 's ‘ anti-hereditarians ’ are trying to make deals , not with the obvious genetic roots of an individual 's intelligence , but , first , the exact meaning of this thing we call ‘ intelligence ’ and , secondly , the impossibility of separating and then quantifying the amount of intelligence which is inherited and the amount which is subject to change . |
| 4 | He opened the door to his hospital room , keeping one hand tightly clenched on the back of this thing they had given him to wear . |
| 5 | I hope it 's not full of this thing they 're sending it all back for ! |
| 6 | getting rid of this thing I 'm not having this . |
| 7 | Oh that Nanette phoned in and some of the country said what do you think of this thing he said . |
| 8 | But he took no notice of either thing I had said , anyway , and laughed heartily at nothing evident about Sixth Avenue , and grabbed at my knee . |