Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] things [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were on Oh and there was the er where the Midland Bank is , there was a cafe there and they sold odd things you know . |
| 2 | Money raised is used to buy equipment for the playgroup , provide other things we need regularly , and give the children small gifts at Easter and Christmas . |
| 3 | Sometimes she caught him looking at her , but he never really kissed her and the vagueness of his attentions made her anxious and say bitter things she did n't mean . |
| 4 | If you wished to borrow such things you instinctively made it clear that you intended no blasphemy . |
| 5 | Everywhere in China sophisticated hand-made tools are used , and the Chinese assume that because anyone can make such things they have less value than , say , a plastic bag . |
| 6 | When he had said these things they all replied that they prayed God to preserve him through long and happy years , and four of the most honourable among them rose and kissed his hands , and the Cid bade them take their seats again . |
| 7 | And he could believe that although Zoser might not have said these things he had actually felt them . |
| 8 | She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so . |
| 9 | Why he allows those things we just do not know . |
| 10 | But er the colouring is really anybody that 's really good at the colouring you know what I mean , they could do wonderful things you know , you could make plain wood look like like erm sort of walnut . |
| 11 | So when you first mean these things they 're weird |
| 12 | the person that has to implement these things they do n't and I said |
| 13 | Er it 's er it 's a ex W D lens , after wartime they sold these things they sold them in catalogues and I sent of for this one , and it 's about a stone and a half in weight . |
| 14 | All the same , Merlyn said : ‘ We came over to fetch some things we store here . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah she 's , she 's got it plugged into phone socket on wall and when she buys these things it 's got a and it goes |
| 16 | One of those no we ai n't got no earphones on , if you got one there , it 's got little things you can ha , like you 've got . |
| 17 | And then as you complete those things you move it forward , in series . |
| 18 | As I said I 'll be talking about this in the next couple of weeks in the lectures and I hope to cover various things we did n't have time to touch on . |
| 19 | erm sort of , at fir , you know , at first I thought sometimes you know oh , you know what 's the matter with you like but , she admits herself , her I Q , you know how they judge your intelligence has gone right down , she has to have tests every now and again , er she ca n't concentrate on things , or , you know some things she just ca n't do any more , so she 's at , supposed to be getting all this compensation and it 's been going on now , it was two years ago , three years ago that we met them and she 's only just had the first part of her money , she 's had five thousand pounds , that 's all she can get for the time being all the rest is , cos all solicitors and everything and doctors having to come and check things , so she knows , she knows she 'll get money eventually , but er , it 's just when , but is n't it an awful thing ? |
| 20 | have n't erm er and erm you know some things you , you know there 's the sort of one particular textbook that covers most of what we talk about in the classes , some things there is n't |
| 21 | I always remember like I were only little but I remember these things you know . |
| 22 | Let me therefore suggest three things I am clear we ought to bother about . |
| 23 | The on the only thing is sometimes if you a if you ask some of these people to do these things I know it 's not a lot of responsibility but do you reckon it goes to his head ? |
| 24 | you know alternating things you know |
| 25 | ‘ Sacco , you take some of the lads and get those things we put in the hedge , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 26 | And also how much clerical time is used up for non consumer activities in a division , like supporting those things you go off to London and |
| 27 | There are two members I think have spoken from the Liberal benches concerning funding bureaucracy and I would agree entirely with what that means but they 've also mentioned in the same bet , budgetary control and if you 're going to control budgets , you have to have a minimal amount of bureaucracy and the function really of the head of the er of the project , er the head of the the post that 's now slipped into oblivion with this motion , would actually have been to do two things it would have been to hold the two groups together and it would have been to have overall control of that budget and it would n't have been easy and I would n't have like the job and I wouldn't 've applied for it and certainly would have been very difficult indeed . |
| 28 | At one time we said it was you know rewarded on the edge of technology when they like most things you know . |
| 29 | Beside him , against the wall , he had placed those things he had seen himself use in the dream — a blanket and his old porcelain water-bottle . |
| 30 | Erm were there any small workshops around doing odd things you may recall , sort of small set-ups ? |