Example sentences of "this be the real thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | In desperate need of love vibes , the audience descended like a pack of ravenous wolves on St Etienne , not least because this duo of Thunderbird puppets in polo necks are now fronted solely by Stephanie , a dead ringer for the teenage Bardot who gambols about the stage in such a display of unrestrained delight , that you think ‘ this is the real thing ’ . |
| 2 | This is the real thing , it has no need for added colour or flavourings . |
| 3 | This is the real thing . |
| 4 | I know Harry is coming of age tomorrow , but you 've never had any experience of being in love with anyone else , so one has to ask oneself , how can you be sure this is the real thing ? ’ |
| 5 | This was the real thing ! |
| 6 | The building of the aircraft — this was the real thing not a toy — and the fabrication of many working parts to fine tolerances brought the students face to face with many new situations . |
| 7 | This was the real thing . |
| 8 | The AE would pitch him , convinced that this was the real thing . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh Gawd — sounds like something out of bleeding Barbara Cartland : ‘ Suddenly she brushed up against him , and he knew that this was the real thing . ’ |
| 10 | This was the real thing — but her encounter with Fen had come too late . |