Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thinks the manufacturing experience I had was very important , because it enabled me to see things from the manufacturer 's point of view , which many retailers have n't done . |
| 2 | Instead it switched a light on inside my head that enabled me to see things , which at the time , were away beyond my full understanding . |
| 3 | It was Peter who forced me to see things in a different light . ’ |
| 4 | That frees me to enjoy things I would n't normally even try . |
| 5 | ‘ I stay in my room and if I 'm feeling troubled about something I write it out on paper and that helps me to work things out . ’ |
| 6 | If we could send some of the people over there , to help them to retrain things and reorganise things . |
| 7 | Erm , the trouble is , if you do n't know the vocabulary it 's very hard to dictate and write down because you have to keep stopping and asking them to spell things . |
| 8 | It was odds on that the cops had got to him by now , but in case they had n't it might pay me to square things with him . |
| 9 | It always amazes me build things like that |
| 10 | Eric Pfrunder ( the creative director at Chanel ) is like a production director ; everyone here is the same from when I first started photography , I sketch things out and discuss the lighting so they know what I want . |
| 11 | ‘ Am I seeing things ? ’ he hissed . |
| 12 | Asked whether his made things a little awkward between the actresses , Leigh was dismissive : ‘ It did n't affect us at all . |
| 13 | ‘ My safety was pathetic and I made things too easy for him ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ When I deny things in an existence out of the mind , I do not mean my own mind in particular , but all minds . |
| 15 | No I 'm not so I mean things like that there 's wear and tear I mean the seats have to be recovered the carpet 's have to be replaced the place has to be redecorated yes we do that . |
| 16 | I mean things like that You 're not gon na have any trouble with that , are you ? |
| 17 | and I mean things like disrepair , erm inadequate heating , erm noise from other tenants , erm |
| 18 | Like there is today , I mean things are altered when you get a ship now , when you get the dredger what was in the East Anglia Daily Times er yesterday , where a ship open in half , so th they load it with a grab and that go to sea and ship open in half , drop it down so there 's no doors . |
| 19 | I mean things like unpacking the boxes and taking it all out of the erm cracker er paper or all that , you know just takes time . |
| 20 | No but I mean things broke . |
| 21 | But maybe cos there was no opportunity , they did n't see there to be I mean like they did n't know any better but as soon as , I mean things are rapidly changing they 're given the opportunity to erm I mean through the struggles to actually take charge of the conditions and to gain so some material and perhaps there was beginnings of them seeing that well perhaps we ought to look more to this sub-culture and to erm |
| 22 | I mean things like what I want on desperately quickly is Rebel Yell cos they 're spending a fortune in the rock , well all our punters all know it . |
| 23 | So that 's like dad said , I mean things |
| 24 | actually it was erm I forget what it was when me mother-in-law died and she used to moan about the shop and I said to Christine the time she goes down and back I mean things are dear in , but some of the things in the shop now , and then , are cheaper than down the town , so if you take your , your bus |
| 25 | but I mean things that nobody else remembered obviously she remembers or even if she does n't remember she heard it talked of in her childhood |
| 26 | That 's right , it 's erm obviously with the developments this morning erm on one of the erm French news reporters having seem some Israeli war planes going off , I mean things are sort of worsening by the minute . |
| 27 | Well , yes they may want to do something about it , but they may be just too scared to give any details which would lead to something being done about it , I mean things can be done about it , but only if the child wants them done . |
| 28 | I realised things might not be the same nowadays so , ten days before the conference , my assistant Joanne and I went down to Covent Garden ( which is now at Nine Elms ) and had a trial run . |
| 29 | I will always make people angry or happy because I make things happen . |
| 30 | ‘ I pick things up , ’ she said . |