Example sentences of "[vb base] things in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall effect of this encounter was dramatic , because it was reassuring and put things in perspective . |
| 2 | Mutual liking and respect prior to the onset of a mental disorder in one family member undoubtedly helps relationships afterwards , but families in this situation often stay together through loyalty and force of circumstances and sometimes they need practical help to develop their lives and put things in perspective . |
| 3 | I mean if you 're honest a lot of these were really first or second draft erm manuscripts I think and er er you really got to get , if you 're going to submit something like this it has to be er it has to be absolutely watertight and you have to say exactly what it is that you want to say , erm some of the criticism I 've , I 'm not gon na mention people 's names , but I 'm just remind myself er , a whole lot of you for some reason erm , con construct things in sort of note form I suppose this being undergraduates that helps this and , and , but you construct things with single sentence paragraphs so that actually you get a whole list of sentences without any linking between them and that is terribly disjointed reading and with an account like that , when you 've finished reading it , you sort of have to shake your head and think well what did the person actually say , and when it 's actually looking for er a little bit of prose , the in addition some of your con your sentences are in , extraordinarily complex , you start off in a sentence and you actually lose your way in the middle of it , I mean the simple sentence 's much the better thing , I mean I seem to remember being told by subject , object verb , in a sentence , they must have those , those , those things , well very often you 'll have a sentence which starts with er a particular noun and as , as a subject and then finishes up with the same no noun or , or , or subject or , or maybe it 's become the object of the sentence at the very end or maybe the sentence has totally lost it 's way . |
| 4 | Get things in perspective . |
| 5 | Keep things in proportion |
| 6 | They include the exhortations to Stay Calm , Keep Things in Proportion , Do n't Think About It , and Do n't Let It/Them Get To You ( the last one of which includes the more specific Avoid Confrontations ) . |
| 7 | Another in the series which will help the modern reader keep things in perspective is Susan Thomas on the Bristol Riots , which shocked the nation in 1831 , caused massive destruction in the city centre , in comparison with which the St Paul 's riots ( never as bad as the press would make out ) look like a tea party . |
| 8 | ‘ It is a spin-off from the Congo slimhole project and is all about re-engineering the way we do things in order to become more efficient . ’ |
| 9 | I prefer things in moderation . " |
| 10 | over taking you know cutting right in front of you and er , you just , I see things in front of me and I can hardly believe that there has n't been a horrible accident , you know , just seeing the things that happening on the road . |