"We are trying to establish a permanent thing in the community," he said.
"But learning to think is a permanent thing, so it's really never too late."
This was a pamphlet, a permanent thing that a man might keep in his library.
Perhaps because my fear came on so suddenly, I couldn't see it as a permanent thing.
If it was a permanent thing, you'd have bought your own crutch.
I would be nervous about that, as a permanent thing.
In no way in my mind do I believe this is a permanent thing.
It's not a permanent thing, and I think he knows that.
On the other hand, a tattoo is one of the most permanent things you can have done to your body.
FOR some older workers, work has become just about the most permanent thing.