Example sentences of "thing [coord] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus our pioneer restores all things and will bring them to a glorious fulfilment . |
| 2 | It was quite refreshing to see and read that someone else saw these things and could articulate them in a better and more entertaining way than I could |
| 3 | A spokesman for Durham constabulary said : ‘ Anything which aims to tackle the problems posed by solvent abuse has to be a good thing and would get our whole hearted support . ’ |
| 4 | An American editor deleted a comment from one of her books when a father tells his daughter : ‘ Do n't bother about school because you 're a pretty little thing and will make someone a good wife . ’ |
| 5 | The absence from the novel of the verb ‘ to be ’ corresponds to this differential definition of the self that is no one thing but can say anything , and the ‘ loss of identity through language ’ , which Brooke-Rose regards as one of the most important themes of the novel ( 1989e:84 ) , is evident in the character 's consciousness of living ‘ between ideas ’ ( 19/413 ) . |