Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [prep] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complaints to the BR watchdog have now doubled in five years and there 's little hope of things improving . |
| 2 | That kind of things occurs only among prostitues . ’ |
| 3 | Er a coconut , erm brandy snap , and all that kind of things . |
| 4 | Erm it 's also the case that , particularly when abuse is of this sort of y'know like I was just describing y'know stroking , caressing , all that kind of things um it a lot of erm in some cases very confused feelings on the part of the people who 've been abused . |
| 5 | They thought well kids just make a fuss anyway and they have n't got any proper routes so what 're they making all that fuss about y'know , shut up , um and er that kind of things was going on . |
| 6 | This has something of the smack of a ‘ like it or not ’ pronouncement of the kind commonly declaimed by those who would have us suppose that opposition to things we do not like would be pointless . |
| 7 | He does n't tell us anything about that side of things but I ca n't imagine him ever finishing with someone . |
| 8 | I think the way in which they organize that side of things is quite brilliant . |
| 9 | As for toilet facilities , I have an earth closet so the lack of water does not affect that side of things . |
| 10 | She 'd been so busy with her own thoughts she 'd forgotten that side of things . |
| 11 | Do you still enjoy that side of things ? |
| 12 | Do n't worry though , the cops will sort out that side of things . |
| 13 | lot , they , they thought that lot was set below them , that the women had to sort that side of things out and they erm really set a great |
| 14 | She enjoys that side of things . |
| 15 | Paul had n't thought about that side of things . |
| 16 | ‘ Your job , that side of things . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah it 's , it 's surprising how many companies want to like leave that side of things to un |
| 18 | So what we have n't made any progress on beyond , on that side of things is erm if we do the coding over in Caernarvon , where that will be . |
| 19 | on that side of things ? |
| 20 | That side of things to actually get things completed . |
| 21 | There 's that side of things , and I hope that that is changing , alas again too slowly erm I think the Taylor report , which firmly came down on the side of more lay control of schools by parents and members of the community , put up and unanswerable case . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , we 'll be trotting them along to probation or a solicitor or whatever and getting that side of things dealt with , etc. etc. , so we try to stitch together some sorts of packages for people who otherwise fall through . |
| 23 | Particularly in the streets that have undergone a great deal of change since the war , like the street where I live myself , which is another thing that prompted me to , to go into the research in the first place , which is erm a house of small Victorian erm I believe the estate agents call them artisans ' cottages , and this kind of area which , there 's a great deal of this sort of property in Brighton , has undergone enormous changes since the war from being multi-occupied before the war , with one family on each floor , were regarded immediately after the war as slums and were scheduled for demolition , but they 've been a great lease of life all over the country , this sort of property , and been subjected to a process which has come to be known as gentrification , which has meant that when the middle class could n't afford to , to buy semi-detached in suburbs they took to buying this kind of smaller property in town centres , thereby introducing a whole new element into streets that had never seen these , this kind of things done to houses before . |
| 24 | But for Mr Prokhorov , there is another side to things . |
| 25 | The protest in Tianjin was perhaps yet another indication of things to come over two years later when respect for the Party had declined still further and Deng Xiaoping had little support left among young intellectuals . |
| 26 | Mary Anne who has been managing this side of things for us is leaving Birmingham and we are looking for a new manager ( see job description on page 6 ) . |
| 27 | Do n't you worry about this side of things ; just keep the home fires burning . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If you look the way the snow falls , ’ he said hesitantly , ‘ you can see the air conditioning is blowing it this way , ’ he pointed , ‘ so it piles up more on this side of things than that side . |
| 29 | Okay and perhaps erm perhaps you 'd also like to l would you like to look at this side of things as well ? |
| 30 | The majority of people that went through that service all had some recollection of things they did n't enjoy very much but they by and large thoroughly enjoyed their experience in the Army , it livened them up , it made them better men and we have got after all one of the best armies if not the best army in the world , it 's got to come from |