Example sentences of "thing [be] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sort of thing are we talking about ? |
| 2 | whe what sort of thing are you talking about ? |
| 3 | What what sort of thing are you gon na get her ? |
| 4 | Would they shake hands and agree to forget the whole thing were he to do so ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The thing 's I 've had two attempts at me and I 've never had any feedback whatsoever . |
| 7 | But the funny thing is they fell in exactly the same way . |
| 8 | The next thing is they get the kid fixed up with a Dynmouth woman so 's they can see it growing . |
| 9 | Well what the whole thing is they put |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The sad thing is they 've never notice . |
| 12 | well the thing is they 've |
| 13 | I mean the thing is they 've got |
| 14 | And the great thing is they 've taken that opportunity and erm thankfully we are still lying there in second place . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The thing is they do get a lot from the daughter do n't they ? |
| 19 | He said er but of course the thing is they do n't expect elderly ladies to notice their car numbers and remember them . |
| 20 | The thing is they do n't put the value on any more do they ? |
| 21 | Thing is they do n't they do n't do that to young children . |
| 22 | The only thing is they want to be and that . |
| 23 | The amazing thing is they addressed customers exactly the same way . |
| 24 | The big thing is we 've got two things going on here , two different types , one of them is a , a f . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | Just the Thing is we get so much crap through the post right , that er |
| 28 | Course the initial thing is we get some reaction back from this , this |
| 29 | Craig : ‘ The funny thing is we had a piss-take album title which was taking the piss out of that whole thing , which we all found was funny . |
| 30 | The other thing is we had a lengthy meeting with the District Council a couple of days before the Gipsy Working Party . |