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The phrase "a very expensive thing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing an item or object that has a high cost or price.
Example: "After much consideration, I decided against purchasing the car because it was just a very expensive thing that I couldn't afford."
Alternatives: "a highly costly item" or "an extremely pricey object".
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It's a very expensive thing.
"Secondly, it's a very expensive thing, and there's not even 100 percent guarantee of success".
It's a very expensive thing to do, going to uni, so you need to get your choices right".
"It takes months to make a rug, and to be able to get them in time to market, in the shades and colors and designs that are fashionable, is a very expensive thing".
"One is the cost: employing a pilot to operate a drone is a very expensive thing to do.
"A full password reset for 50 million users is a very expensive thing to do - just the support costs were huge for us.
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"It's a very, very expensive thing to do," said Barry Steinhart, a spokesman for Mr. Purcell.
It's a pleasant thing, and not very expensive, thing to do".
Where in the U.S. it is often a juggling act, and it is often very expensive thing to get decent help.
It was incredibly difficult and very expensive thing to do.
They don't have a lot of live presence because they are running the news as a business and those are very expensive things to do, right?
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