Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] thing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't really strike her as a particularly nosy person , just wanting to know things for the hell of it . |
| 2 | Ideas of height and age are best explored using things in the class or the children themselves . |
| 3 | It 's the ones that come along and just have to do things in the middle of the garden . |
| 4 | You usually like to keep things at the status quo , but today you could be willing to make a few changes . |
| 5 | They saw that she really wanted to change things at the factory , and everyone agreed with her that safety was very important . |
| 6 | However , you should also make it clear that you would not expect to come in and immediately start changing things for the sake of it . |
| 7 | but it falls down in front of the unexpected , when you actually do see things for the first time . |