Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] things [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , the rich merchant was very powerful , and he came to control things in the city , and he made everybody do as he thought they ought to do ; snowball-throwing was made illegal , and children had to eat up all their food . |
| 2 | He began to pack things into the picnic basket . |
| 3 | I started to take things from the house as well , y'know , little things that I thought would n't be noticed . |
| 4 | We had to do things off the board . |
| 5 | At school the students were never given standard equipment and had to make things in the lab for themselves . |
| 6 | Presumably it meant that after a while you ceased to bring things to the Cabinet that you knew would produce a put-down ? |
| 7 | ‘ All the more effective , ’ said Nikos , ‘ if you wanted to keep things on the boil . ’ |
| 8 | They saw that she really wanted to change things at the factory , and everyone agreed with her that safety was very important . |