Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adj] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mainbocher triumphs were spiced with occasional purchases in Paris , but on the whole she found French clothes too imposing : ‘ I had better things to do in Paris than go for endless fittings anyway . |
| 2 | I had better things to do than just sit in an office talking . |
| 3 | ‘ It was just that I had other things on my mind . |
| 4 | I had other things to occupy my mind . |
| 5 | Asked why he had taken to the streets just hours before polling , he said : ‘ I had other things to do , as you may imagine . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No , I had other things on my mind . ’ |
| 7 | I had other things on my mind . |
| 8 | I believe I had these things with my ex-husband , for a while . |
| 9 | No I did n't know I had these things . |
| 10 | I 've better things to do than make a fool of myself with you . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've other things on my mind at the minute . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've other things to do . ’ |
| 13 | I have two things to say in response . |
| 14 | ‘ I have other things to do . ’ |
| 15 | I have other things to do that are much more important . ’ |
| 16 | I have other things to worry about besides socks . |
| 17 | I have great things in store for you which I will tell you about when I come back from America . ’ |
| 18 | I have extraordinary things to report about the child . |
| 19 | " I have better things to do . " |
| 20 | I have better things to do . |
| 21 | The Boro boss said : ‘ I have better things to do than discuss idle gossip . |
| 22 | That way I avoid being plagued by calls from obscure planets when I have important things on my mind . |
| 23 | And what I 'd really like you know I have little things that bug you to death ? |
| 24 | ‘ She has better things to do , as well . ’ |
| 25 | An occupational therapist makes sure she has such things as a walking frame , special lavatory seat and correctly shaped chair , and a district nurse visits each day . |
| 26 | Well as I say she 's , she said she 's had sitting and er ache you know and she has these things just to keep going , she has taken up inside her , just to keep going , that 's why she goes and has that like I had to examine inside that no more has grown and all the things inside her |
| 27 | And if you 've better things to do than clean the oven make sure you choose the optional Valorclean liners . |
| 28 | 'Appen she had better things to do , eh , George ? ’ |
| 29 | If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did . |
| 30 | She had better things to do , a world to conquer and so forth , who did he think he was ? — Foreigners can be dogged . |