Example sentences of "[verb] the [det] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berkeley 's making of ideas into things needs to do justice to the thought that we all ( including God , for Berkeley ) perceive the same things . |
| 2 | bring the same things up . |
| 3 | Oh I , I should think that about fifteen years ago er when erm the lighting manufacturers had decided that er there was a great deal more available in lighting than just the erm , type of glass bowls and shades that had been used , well in between the wars er , I mean after the war was over in nineteen forty six er they were still using the same things that they did before the war and this just carried on er and er it , it only within the last what I suppose fifty years that 's over |
| 4 | Okay , just about it now Okay , gon na ask each group what marks they 've given and why , now it 's not for the other team to justify it because it 's all a subjective thing but the thing is we 're hopefully marking them against the same criteria as everybody else because we 've all been in the same place and listened to the same things and read the same things , however , now we know obviously it does n't necessarily mean that everybody 's taken in the same things . |
| 5 | I talked to the lady for some time and we seemed to like the same things , so I was pleased when their bid was the successful one . |
| 6 | If they went again to that place and what they 've and got the same things ? |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't you still want the same things ? |
| 8 | well it could be as many as that I mean sit and count it , but there 's a lot of variation , there 's a lot to catch your eye , I mean the more things contrast with each other , the more you notice them , is n't that true . |
| 9 | The words mean the same things whatever they may be , so why should one be nicer or nastier than the other ? |
| 10 | John Coffin , she felt sure , would not ; he might think the same things , but would not say them in that way . |
| 11 | We do not all live the same lives nor do we all need the same things . |
| 12 | This too is a technique pioneered by Neighbours , where it works best at the beginning and end of each episode , and in the poignant identification of the tragedy of Paul and Gail , who do and say the same things day after day , but wear different clothes . |
| 13 | Mothers often say that they say the same things over and over again and end up losing their tempers in order to get a response . |
| 14 | Tom McCool , SCOTVEC 's Chief Executive commented ‘ This agreement will help to ensure that employers and others get the message that SVQs and NVQs are based on the same industry determined standards and say the same things about the competence of those who hold them . |
| 15 | I mean probably women are more daring you know because they 've got less to lose in a way I suppose if you if you 're not a councillor you can be more er you know or if you 're not worried for your job or you know or if there is n't a definite structure I suppose in the lodge there 's the definite people that always say the same things you know what I mean and it 's it 's less easy to be spontaneous in that situation I would think you know . |
| 16 | We always say the same things to each other . |
| 17 | And they always say the same things and you think , oh you told us that yesterday . |
| 18 | The two men , according to Arthur Schlesinger , " found the same things funny and the same things serious " despite the generation gap . |
| 19 | Everyone has the same equipment , and they can all do the same things : walk , talk , play music , and so on . |
| 20 | Historically the computational approach has been most actively pursued by engineers eager to build machines that can do the same things as humans . |
| 21 | We can other things however though , because we can do the same things for actual . |
| 22 | As has already been observed by the Dominican , Conrad Pepler : we need not to labour the fact that Hilton is writing the same things as St John of the Cross , … |
| 23 | And then of course , when she came into the village to buy the few things they need — it is astonishing how modest Mr Swinton 's needs seem to be , she hardly buys any comforts at all but I gather his man is an excellent gardener and they keep a pig for bacon — ’ |
| 24 | ‘ At first I was upset by this development , ’ said one official , ‘ but then I realised that with so many places selling the same things either they would go bust or they would have to channel their efforts into other , more necessary things . ’ |
| 25 | We enjoy the same things . ’ |
| 26 | The same old thing — cleaning the same things all the time , that 's what gets me . |
| 27 | We ca n't use the same things twice ? |
| 28 | ‘ I have already packed the few things to which she is entitled , in a small box . |
| 29 | Are we not allowed to use the same things twice ? |
| 30 | In its place there stands a new Ballistic Missile Defence Organisation which employs the same people to do the same things with the same money — $1.8 billion requested for the next year . |