When everyone else hesitated, Maya did the handsome thing and returned the lost wallet.

By quickly paying the bill and reassuring her, he was doing the handsome thing rather than making a scene.

He does the handsome thing by returning the lost wallet without asking for a reward.

He had done the handsome thing by returning the lost wallet to its owner.

By the looks of things, the meeting will be postponed until next week.

When you travel, these things happen, and you just have to go with the flow.

She polished the tea-things until they gleamed before the guests arrived.

She saved for months so she could treat herself to the finer things.

I bumped into Mark at the café and asked, 'how are things' before we ordered.

I'm not seeing things; there's really a small fox on the garden wall.