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Example sentences of "[art] [adj] things " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	There are more differences between those groups than there are between the normal things that sociologists would look at ; for example , social class .
2	Just try doing the normal things .
3	I do not intend to list all the normal things Excel can do — just take it for granted that you will be able to set up a spreadsheet to calculate whatever you want to — but I want to concentrate on some of the features that will certainly save time , effort , and head scratching .
4	You know , the normal things in life .
5	During the Week , all the normal things happened .
6	This enormous gift that , despite all the trying things that went with it , Phoebe had received ; this capacity to look at a thing and know that , because it must be done , it is the doing of it that brings freedom and salvation .
7	but think of the grisly things you might otherwise get .
8	I still care about the chimps ; I 've met the flipping things ’ . ’
9	Me and Emma was talking about the flipping things she gets up to with Scott .
10	I do n't know about you but once I pick these Mills and Boone books up I ca n't stop reading the flipping things .
11	One of the nicest things about walking around coastline peninsulas is that it is often easy to stick to the coastline without doubling back on yourself at the end .
12	It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like .
13	The nicest things — well , I just like it when the programmes are mentioned casually , in passing , almost as though they were like one of the elements .
14	‘ Why , thank you , Doctor , you say the nicest things .
15	One of the nicest things about the house is that it is virtually as it was in 1906 , and with all its rooms of manageable size .
16	one of the nicest things that happened to me since I 've been widowed is having Neil to look after not only is he an exception
17	He seems convinced of the inherent stability of the hydrogen bomb — after all , he does build the damn things .
18	‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot .
19	Pete says nobody 's pointed a finger , can we get big fobs on like hotel keys so they do n't take the damn things home or leave them in their pockets .
20	Oh well , I should take advantage now Mark is in , bring the damn things from there .
21	oh I , I 'd never , I I realize now from six weeks ago when I got the damn things
22	Believe it or not many people , not many people do actually read them , but school teachers and engineers , the ana , the analytical minds , they read the damn things , and when they come back they ask you a question , and you say , I do n't know , I 've never read it .
23	This is the floaty things alright , even the shells that 's good , what else floats Kevin ?
24	And he said you 'll be able to go round the roundabout then I the flaming things !
25	He reports from Cairo : ‘ One of the finest things is the camel .
26	One of the striking things about Havel is his commitment to drama over the past quarter-century and his insistence , in the period immediately before the Czech revolution , that he was first and foremost a writer .
27	It is precisely such a person who can be brought lowest by the hateful things that may be reported about him in a court of law .
28	However , local communities might achieve some of the simpler things like filling in small pools and keeping the edges of streams ditches and irrigation canals clear of vegetation as part of the ‘ self-help ’ aspect of any health education programme .
29	‘ One of the odd things about it is that he was wearing brand-new clothes , ’ he added .
30	This gives managers an opportunity to evaluate where they are in the quality process , to look at the Eight things To Do and to adjust their direction if necessary .