Example sentences of "[det] thing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | It is impossible to doubt anything unless there is some thing we do not doubt — our own assumptions . |
2 | But there are some thing she ca n't change , like the way he shoves his hand into his pocket , his preference for classical music to Dire Straits , and looking at buildings rather than eyeing up the latest cat-walk creations |
3 | Another thing they have in common , sadly , is violence at screenings ; one kid was shot dead outside the cinema on Juice 's opening night and it caused distributors Paramount to withdraw advertising for the movie . |
4 | Another thing they all had were mussels , everywhere you looked on a breaker there were clusters of mussels . |
5 | That 's another thing they used to do in those days they never do now , a lot of men when they bought a pair of boots , they had them what they called plumped . |
6 | ‘ So did I. ’ Another thing they had in common . |
7 | Erm a fraction of money is another thing they use it for . |
8 | I tell you another thing they do |
9 | Another thing we had a barney with Peter about at one point , was the fact that he used to be too drunk on stage , ’ says Charman . |
10 | Another thing we have to consider is that we can not afford to dispense with farm animals altogether . |
11 | Another thing we had which would attract the locals to call was a weather glass — a barometer most people would call it , I suppose , and I still have it on my wall . |
12 | ‘ And another thing we 've got to talk about — it 's not really fair that you have them every weekend . |
13 | And er another thing we had as well , that the union had ar had er fixed for us , and that was a family doctor . |
14 | Another thing we used to do regularly as well we boys er there was a erm a yeast merchant in erm er Road , well I say merchant it ti it was his house , and he had a garage at the side of it and he used to sell yeast . |
15 | Like a , thousands more , and another thing we knew we we very often , my wife and I were talking about it only the other day , there was an old saying that er er Percy White 's out of prison . |
16 | Another thing we noticed was this : as they were leg-weary they wore their shoes out more quickly ; these town horses often did up to forty mile on the road during the day , and they got into the habit of sliding and dragging their feet . |
17 | It was another thing we had in common . |
18 | And another thing we know is that when word finally arrives back to Clonahoe or Ballyeen that they can build their road as a relief work , there 'll be no one there fit to supervise it . ’ |
19 | Another thing we 're going to talk to somebody from the N S P C C who 's coming in in a few moments to talk about Halloween trick or treating and stuff like that . |
20 | Another thing we do , you 'll , give them rock salt . |
21 | So another thing we said on our list or your list what you put up here was visuals . |
22 | But er that I mean and then there 's that 's another thing we ought to look round , there 's the state of the shed outside |
23 | And for another thing it is extremely difficult to catch the tone of the master and almost impossible to create stories as imbued with life as his . |
24 | 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 |
25 | That 's another thing I 've learnt in the police . ’ |
26 | Another thing I have noticed when the barbel are doing this somersaulting business is that there is very often a number of chub below the barbel . |
27 | I rather suspect it could lead to a lot of foul-hooked fish , which is another thing I deplore when done deliberately . |
28 | Another thing I have tried , which may turn out to be an even better proposition than sweetcorn or the like , is swimfeeder-fed luncheon meat . |
29 | ‘ Another thing I wanted to say . |
30 | And school was another thing I 'd had enough of . |