Example sentences of "[adv] be [det] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How long is this thing going to take , Jenna ? ’ he wanted to know . |
| 2 | Well no , but and I were just thinking well why ca n't it just be all things together that make us what we are and when you 're trying to find a single thing , the only single thing is the one , which is the unity and then there 's no differentiation but I do n't think that , that we are , we are our body as well and that then can affect the soul you know , if you , if you 've got a big nose and all your life people stare at you you 're gon na , you 're not going to be unaffected by it . |
| 3 | SR can not be all things to all women — it must be a reflection of the concerns of its editors , like any magazine and we must remember how harmful struggling for control of our ‘ tiny slice ’ of power can be and put our astonishing energy and feeling into creating a world in which we can expand and fill our rightful share of Smiths with our chosen , positive images of women — the men are n't going to do it for us . |
| 4 | What exactly is this thing called the CMJ ? |
| 5 | Engels argued , and this is a fundamental aspect of his work that has become obscured in the discussion over whether there ever were such things as primitive promiscuity or group marriage , against those who asserted that monogamous marriage and the type of family that was associated with it was a universally valid ideal of man , irrespective of social or cultural context . |
| 6 | Here 's that thing , here 's your pu stamps . |
| 7 | Also Well here 's another thing . |
| 8 | So erm and here 's another thing as well , she says erm I said why do n't you pack this job in like ? |
| 9 | Here is another thing I can not understand . |
| 10 | Whenever I think about it there are many things which I feel I could usefully discuss with you : |
| 11 | If you are not sure what goes with what or even which colours you feel comfortable with there are several things you can do to improve your confidence . |
| 12 | How , how are those things made . |
| 13 | Where are those things now — have you simply forgotten to acknowledge them ? |
| 14 | The the options seem to me , as Mr Mr said that the thing had got so convoluted and confused that the simple option seemed to be close it all down and I I would imagine that groups , other than ourselves who 've had people like me in the group who 've said why are this thing coming up again , let's close it down and have done with it . |
| 15 | So when is this thing gon na be ? |
| 16 | I mean whether I 'll ever work offshore again 's another thing , but I would like to try going offshore I mean then again I mean I reckon I could work offshore no problem at all , but whether I could sleep on the platform is a completely different matter . |
| 17 | Well where 's that thing |
| 18 | ‘ Where was that thing plugged in for 50 years ? ’ he asks of the oxygen chamber in which his character was frozen during the experiment . |
| 19 | The operation codes will therefore be such things as 1A or 2A , and they will normally have a specific letter or number of letters associated with them . |