They killed the thing between them and then gave up.

"But I turned around and killed the thing that was following me."

If only the were a way to kill the thing!

In order to live, I must kill other living things.

Should he try again to kill the thing - and then himself?

"Do you mean that they are going to kill the poor thing?"

Then they came in and said, "We are going to probably kill the whole thing."

That's not only bad environmental policy; it's also a sure way to kill the best thing that we have going for our local economy.

He had killed the only thing that mattered in his life.

Dogs may get to like me if I keep killing things.