Example sentences of "but [art] thing [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the thing is once you 'd fit you could stay there . |
| 2 | But the thing is that now , I mean now that most of them have got some sort of house , an' there 's food an' money around , they know they 're better off but , honest , they know they 've got nothin' as well . |
| 3 | But the thing is that it seems that we 're a cultural the way the system is set up |
| 4 | But the thing is that there 's time limits imposed on the building application , so that time limit is therefore transferred to us . |
| 5 | Yeah but but the thing is that well , they most probably could do but could do some but what what 'd be sacrificed would be the management skills , y you know , and then |
| 6 | But the thing is that your er particular area you know , if you wanted to do one and not save it , you do n't have to save , you know , you know you can print it off and it 's done , but you can send mail to Tracey or headquarters C A , you would n't have to print it out once it 's what you want you just press a button and it goes . |
| 7 | certainly do n't , but the thing is that |
| 8 | It 's worth also noting at this point that if you are a tenant and renting and you lose your job you are eligible for housing benefit , erm if you if you were er buying your house , although you do get some er er you get the interest I believe on your mortgage paid , there are lots of other things that do not get paid but the thing is that if you have a reduction in your income which might happen where one partner say lost a job , er you s you 're eligible for housing benefit but you get nothing as far as company paid mortgage is concerned . |
| 9 | You can break it but the thing is that I warned her , er , you know , as long as they get through to her hold on that that 's very nicely set up if she twiddles her |
| 10 | But the thing is if you 're walking up er the driveway of a house , you do n't want to be caught and you do n't want to be seen and you , you think you 're under cover of darkness and then the big halogen floodlight comes on , puts you in a spotlight next door . |
| 11 | Yeah I realize that but the thing is if we 'd had a phone call to say look , we 're going to be this late , |
| 12 | I 'll come following you He d yeah it was odd when Frank said that cos apparently what happened , he just sort of started saying that he did n't think that Frank had really been there for him and that he was being a bit sort of selfish and stuff which I mean maybe he has been but the thing is if you know if Frank 's making this massive effort to like fit in and meet new people and stuff then |
| 13 | but , but the thing is if , if the traffic 's gon na be heavy , if it thinks we 're gon na get stuck in traffic , if you 've got a G T I you 're that type of driver you 've got that type of power , you can sort of pass and save a bit of time |
| 14 | yeah I know , but the thing is if , they do n't have to have brother and sisters at |