Example sentences of "[prep] [art] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideas , according to Berkeley , are particulars whose significance is explained by saying that they stand for the things they represent . |
| 2 | The extreme poverty of the whole concern is pathetic , and I wished I 'd paid more for the things I bought so as to make life easier for these tanners who look just about ready to give up . |
| 3 | And , already in adolescence , both cared for the things of the mind . |
| 4 | It is men and women whose knowledge goes with character , and with reverence for persons and for the things of the mind . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They break the rules because Bawden cares less for rules than for the things he has to say about the feel of a summer morning , the watery sunshine of an April afternoon , or the flurry of a February snowstorm . ’ |
| 6 | For him there was ‘ nothing in the world universal but names ; for the things named are every one of them individual and singular ’ . |
| 7 | When the fire of the Holy Spirit falls , he warms our hearts for the things of God . |
| 8 | It really went to show that God was good ; when you 'd paid for the things you did and you were really sorry , He gave you something good to make it up to you . |
| 9 | As we draw near to him in our distress , we learn to ask him for the things we need . |
| 10 | We exchange the things of lesser value for the things of greater value . |
| 11 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 12 | I began to see that I could ask for the things I needed . |
| 13 | Look out for the things that you CAN do at school , and develop those as much as possible . |
| 14 | Congratulate them for the things that they are good at . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't think how I ever cared for the things . |
| 16 | Not only had we increased our self-awareness , but we felt content , happy with ourselves and we 'd also received the encouragement to go for the things we want — to seize the day . |
| 17 | Then we are to pray for the things we need for the doing of that holy will — food for the body and soul , forgiveness for the failures and sins of the past , and help to forgive others who sin against us , protection in temptation and deliverance from evil . |
| 18 | Talk about jumping the gun — the machines are n't even announced for another three weeks , but Hopkinton , Massachusetts-based Clearpoint Research Corp reckons that there are potential users out there that already realise they ordered too little memory for the things and want to be prepared by having add-on memory ready and waiting on site . |
| 19 | HDS claims the award makes it the largest supplier of X-terminals for commercial applications in the business , a new area for the things . |
| 20 | Although Sun will not sell the Open Terminals directly , it will cooperate with Labtam , as its preferred partner , on contracts that stipulate the supply of X-terminals to be used in conjunction with Sun equipment , and has sanctioned Labtam to use its worldwide distribution network as an outlet for the things . |
| 21 | This psychology must have served capitalism at least as well as a desire for the things of the market . |
| 22 | Mme Deloche became my mentor during this period , and for years after I left France , I used to send her Oxford Marmalade , Bath Olivers and Christmas puddings in exchange for the things she had taught me to make . |
| 23 | I am glad you came — really — and bless you for the things — I so needed to see you . |
| 24 | The same Wordsworth , much-mocked , thought himself back to an innocent vision , told us that grass is green and water wet because he had reached beyond familiarity to some primal wonder that these things were so and not otherwise , to some mythic sense that he was giving or finding the words for the things , not merely repeating . |
| 25 | I do n't know wen I 'll see you agen , but I 'm sorry for the things I did , and I 'm ashamd . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got nearly enough money for the things I want , and my brother , Robert , is a lord — Lord Burlesdon . |
| 27 | And if she says you were wrong to ask for the things , tell her that I say you were right , and that I was pleased to help . |
| 28 | Mother was surprised to see their visitor , but she thanked him again for the things he had sent when she was ill . |
| 29 | It would , she felt , atone for the things she had said and mean that she did not have to talk to Julia about them . |
| 30 | everybody pays VAT because you 're you pay for the things that you buy . |