Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are like nowhere else on earth and inspire me to try new things . |
| 2 | Well er I mean well things like communal ownership advocate them to be reforms |
| 3 | I 'm sure that , would the would they be flexible and and and look at , I mean certain things you know rhombus and parallelogram . |
| 4 | When she was away for those ten days I mean certain things just could n't be done because no-one knew |
| 5 | Oh yeah but I mean no I I do n't mean in general , I mean specific things . |
| 6 | Yeah , but I mean basic things Ken , we 'll take for example |
| 7 | ( I mean little things like ‘ that was a nice meal ’ . ) |
| 8 | I hate revealing things like this ! |
| 9 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't talk to my father about physics ; it 's always a mistake because he gets cross when I say silly things , but the rest of the family get cross because they ca n't understand . |
| 11 | I want nice things on here . |
| 12 | Or rather , I want different things at different times . |
| 13 | I learnt other things too . |
| 14 | There I read conflicting things . |
| 15 | ‘ I read ridiculous things like Diana arriving on my doorstep in a pair of jeans which were absolute nonsense and fabrication , ’ she says . |
| 16 | Luke said sourly , ‘ I hear nice things about ‘ The Old Botanical Gardens ’ . ’ |
| 17 | But I hear interesting things . |
| 18 | And then later , ‘ I like nice things . ’ |
| 19 | I like nice things and good things for my kids . |
| 20 | I like flowing things , things that flow together and make sense , so that 's how I write . |
| 21 | I like certain things ragged right for example , or fairly simple pages , but erm you can look back at the sixteenth century and find extremely simple pages , you know it 's not a modern idea and the thing is that most of the eddies and currents of popular graphic design are little stylistic exclusions that never go anywhere . |
| 22 | I like energetic things , like swimming . |
| 23 | Like a small child unwedded to booze , I do n't like the taste of it ; I like sweet things , like Dr Pepper and root beer , and white chocolate animals from Woolworth 's . |
| 24 | ‘ I like beautiful things . |
| 25 | ‘ I like foolish things . |
| 26 | Just minding me own business and I get fucking things thrown at me , timesheet ripped timecard cut . |
| 27 | I dislike them in the way that I dislike Pre-Raphaelite things . |
| 28 | I packed overnight things … ’ |
| 29 | I gather great things were expected of him . |
| 30 | I saw other things after you fainted . ’ |