Example sentences of "[v-ing] [art] [det] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 , … |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | The same old thing — cleaning the same things all the time , that 's what gets me . |
| 5 | So you would n't have to spend a fortune on , on , on I mean it 's only a matter of most of it 's a matter of paint , and then hanging a few things up is n't it ? |
| 6 | But once we know where we stand , I can start sorting a few things out , ’ he added . |
| 7 | Why d' you keep saying the same things . |
| 8 | We want to stay at the top level while doing the same things we did 40 years ago . |
| 9 | It 's doing the same things — boredom . |
| 10 | As the sign for Piccadilly Circus flashed by I braved the warm draught on the platform again and on my way to the National Gallery I passed Trafalgar Square where I observed the pigeons strangely doing the same things I had seen just moments before , except of course rather less ‘ chicly ’ . |
| 11 | are you doing the same things . |
| 12 | HE 'S DOING a few things differently this time ; he says the album was recorded in a shed and he 's used waste metal for percussion , but elsewhere he 's shuffled further down memory lane . |
| 13 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
| 14 | You know , something more traditional , you know like maybe doing a few things out of The Sound of Music . |
| 15 | They said , ‘ Do you want to ? ’ and I said , ‘ Not particularly , ’ but they suggested running a few things by me to see if I was interested . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . |
| 17 | One of the things I did learn from the last tour was to rehearse enough material so that you do n't get fed up playing the same things over and over again . ’ |
| 18 | Charts of asking questions , if people come to you and ask questions keep referring the same things similar things to you all the time . |
| 19 | Not wanting to cause friction with your partner is understandable , but it is worth bearing a few things in mind . |
| 20 | ‘ I used to see and feel things in the house , but being a child I just took it for granted that everybody else was seeing and feeling the same things . |