Example sentences of "[adj] be [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a popular story that the Fascists did at least get the trains to run on time , and had that been all things might have turned out for the better , but the Duce also evolved the theory of Italia Irredenta , ‘ Unrecovered Italy ’ . |
| 2 | This is that thing called change . |
| 3 | this is all things I 've got to consider when I 'm starting this thing |
| 4 | The the first question is this is this thing about nerves is n't it because that 's the first feeling you have when you got up get up here is and as said I 'm dry already and I have n't even been up there and done it yet the voice is dry and you know then you feel a bit shaky and all that sort of thing and why do we why do we feel nervous ? |
| 5 | It must be disconcerting , to say the least , to have hordes of complete strangers wandering round your garden for seven months of the year , but this is another thing with which Lady Amory has come to terms . |
| 6 | Well this is another thing I raised with Keith that I |
| 7 | Cos this is another thing , sometimes they 'll say discount , and I get ta I get students who said to me , what does this mean ? |
| 8 | I 've just had a a quick word with Maureen , this is another thing that 's come up . |
| 9 | that it came to make the amazing sounds , okay , and then after that , er , this is another thing it leads to is there 's going to be a break down in your sound machine , okay , there 's gon na be a break down in your , in your entire robotic machine , movement in our machine , and that break down could be due to some of the workers going off and getting some of them erm you know , one , er part of the machine breaking down on the whole , sound changes , the movement changes and we 're going to watch how this robotic machine changes as it breaks down , it could be sound shut down it could be it could be anything you choose , but I want it anyway , leave it to you so all you do is choose a profession , think of something that is , comes to life to you , in movement and in sound , okay , so let's get into groups of , see how many they are , one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight , nine , eighteen , nineteen , twenty , okay let's get into groups of four then , okay is that right , one , two , three , four , one , oh five , four , five , just get your group into a work in , I thank you if you do n't get |
| 10 | This was another thing which had caused him to feel bitter . |
| 11 | As I say , I 'd al been in things at chapel , Silas Marner and things , but er this was another thing , and of course , that 's where I met my wife , at er Row , which is the boys ' clu was the boys ' club 's Headquarters . |
| 12 | These are such things as jealousy ( like my experiences of it ) and also if you are friendly with a popular person , they may not have enough time to get to know you as they are too absorbed in other friends . |
| 13 | Now these are all things that you should be doing with the baby all the time anyway are n't they ? |
| 14 | These are all things that we have to bear in mind . |
| 15 | And these are all things that made the Co-op so personal did n't they really . |
| 16 | These are all things that we can take specific action , some easier and cheaper than others , to do something about . |
| 17 | F. These are some things most people think about when they are choosing where to go for a holiday . |
| 18 | but that the , the , these are some things I 've got , you do n't have to answer them my name is Emily what is your name ? , how are you ? , |
| 19 | The paraphernalia of capitalism — the banks , mortgages , moneylenders , credit , exchange rates , inflation , Jewish competition , Polish labour — these were all things that German small business had learned to fear and mistrust as its economy had , without the buffer of empire , ridden the rollercoaster of boom and slump between the Franco-Prussian wars and the Great War . |
| 20 | These were all things that er you . |
| 21 | I mean is this being true to yourself and letting yourself down and you know not saying what you feel you should 've said erm perhaps now I wan na talk about one area in particular and that is this thing about you know submissiveness it seems that most people look at things that disturb you either as submissive or aggressive . |
| 22 | Er now that is another thing Peter about that hanging sheet . |
| 23 | No , no , that 's that thing called . |
| 24 | No , no , that 's that thing called . |
| 25 | That 's another thing I 've learnt in the police . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ That 's another thing , ’ Ma said , to the centre tile of the fireplace . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's another thing . |
| 28 | And the Sikh boy , that 's another thing . |
| 29 | And by the way , that 's another thing . |
| 30 | And that 's another thing I heard : it was n't only bairns and young lasses he collected , but furniture and foreign crockery , mostly from China , they say . |