Example sentences of "[det] things [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She brought with her in the car anything of mine that she had been able to find in the house ( plus a few things that just reminded her of me ) and they were all dumped in my front hall . |
| 2 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 3 | One of the few things that keeps movies worth watching is the vitality of all the marvellous comedians from Saturday Night Live and SCTV : Bill Murray , John Candy and so on , terrific personalities who can bring a vibrancy even to dead scripts . ’ |
| 4 | These days they appear infrequently , but the prospect of a shopping expedition is one of the few things that are guaranteed to bring them out . |
| 5 | Mice were one of the few things that Miss Fogerty could not endure . |
| 6 | Of the very few things that were her own , her chastity mattered most . |
| 7 | We did some of the old songs and Carl wrote a few things that we did new . |
| 8 | ‘ Then there were a few things that reinforced that feeling . |
| 9 | But there 's a few things that will please the older fans . |
| 10 | → There are a few things that you can try before you bin your guitar , John . |
| 11 | ‘ The next day she would always phone to say that she had been in and she 'd pick on a few things that she was n't quite happy with . ’ |
| 12 | One embellishment to list-making which I have found keeps my spirits up is to include in the list ( a ) one or two things I have done already ; ( b ) a few things that are easy and unproblematic ; ( c ) the item ‘ Make List ’ . |
| 13 | Newell admits that there are still a few things that the software can not do — in particular it does not handle the dynamic marks that define volume , or tempo markings . |
| 14 | And there were a few things that you mentioned as you were going through that a you know I just really want to make a few comments on really . |
| 15 | The Dolphin , the Bermuda Suite , Club 93 , the Bingo hall , a large swimming pool , a Sports hall , Amusements , these are just some of the few things that are situated at Highfield Holiday Park , Clacton , where my family and I have been going on Holiday for 10 years . |
| 16 | A few things that have come up from our sub-committee meeting on Monday evening ; first , thanks for your quote for computers , and I 've got the application form from SNH to apply for a grant to buy it . |
| 17 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 18 | I can if you want , it 's just that I came up with a few things that did n't make sense , they were fairly contradictory things . |
| 19 | I mean it wo n't mean me redoing it or anything , it 's just a few things that I wanted |
| 20 | Er right , now there was just a few things that er I 've got to ask . |
| 21 | There are a few things that have cropped up which I have to see to now . |
| 22 | there was only a few things that we would |
| 23 | Um and erm that might be that 's one of th some of the few things that the library 's got but erm er anyway . |
| 24 | Like it 's a difference with with thing like Beetlejuice , every time I watch it I notice a few things that are different |
| 25 | I think that they may be frightened to speak up and that they 're scared that if they say something that they do n't know , like a lot of them do n't know the facts , like today , in the same class as Janine across there , some of them did n't know even the very the pro , progression of the male pill or anything like that , and they did learn a few things but a again they never spoke up and they were n't interested , but I |
| 26 | But what you do a lot I think is you know how to do quite a few things but you 're concentrating I mean here you 're thinking , Ah all I 'm doing now is where w w get the commas in the right place . |
| 27 | So Yeah I sa er well she 'd , actually she does two twenty P's cos she goes to town and gets a few things but , I mean it , I said it might be bad weather one day |
| 28 | Erm no , he does help me a few things but I do all the digging for him because he ca n't bend down too much . |
| 29 | A few things while we wait for a report of some description ( hint hint ; - ) |
| 30 | ‘ Just a few things before we start out . |