Example sentences of "[to-vb] things [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His assistant should have directed a scene after lunch but the director returned to find things at a stand-still . |
| 2 | All burglars know that ninety-eight per cent of all housewives decide to hide things in the tea caddy . ’ |
| 3 | He did n't really strike her as a particularly nosy person , just wanting to know things for the hell of it . |
| 4 | ‘ You have the ability to view things on a wide scale . ’ |
| 5 | If the thing was so valuable , then the secrecy and the size of the fee were understandable And if how the Emissary lived was any indication of life at the top on Fraxilly , presumably the God-King did like to own things worth a planet 's ransom . |
| 6 | To make a living he had to sell things over the counter-like his brother . ’ |
| 7 | Do come back anyway here and have a look round at some of the other things , but that 's the point of the shop , to sell things with a medieval theme . |
| 8 | Far better to draw them into the school to nip things in the bud than leave them to ferment discontent . |
| 9 | But to patch things up the friends need to agree on a peace plan . |
| 10 | She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen , but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted . |
| 11 | If they have been able to discuss things with the person who is dying , if there has been a time of preparation , then the shock of facing the loss caused by death is perhaps not so great . |
| 12 | ‘ I want to discuss things with the owner , and it will probably be a week or so before I make up my mind . |
| 13 | I do n't want to exaggerate it , because on the complex issues , however determined or single-minded a Prime Minister is , they have to discuss things with an inner group of colleagues . |
| 14 | She was tirelessly willing to discuss things in the manner of the country ; to sit down with a landlord , for example , and answer such questions as whether England was smaller than London , and which of the two belonged to France , and how much larger the Turkish navy was than those of England , France and Russia put together . |
| 15 | ( There is some plausibility in this suggestion , because infants and certain animals appear able to perceive things like the presence or absence of voicing . ) |
| 16 | You ought to be strong enough by then to cope with the journey , and I can try to organise things at the hospital so that my assistants can cope . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Nicola said he was the man sent over to organise things for the Mafia . |
| 18 | It 's nice to know that the Man Utd fans still feel so inadequate as to have to post things to the Leeds newsgroup . |
| 19 | Instead we begin to see things on a bigger canvas . |
| 20 | The tendency is for English language based thinking to see things on a grey scale because of the relative ease with which nuances of meaning can be expressed . |
| 21 | In order to see things as the Trobrianders saw them , he joined their communities , learned their language , and lived among them as a member , noting and recording his observations in preparation for writing about them later : |
| 22 | It was Peter who forced me to see things in a different light . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Finance directors need the ability to see things from a non-financial perspective , as well as being creative , spontaneous and commanding respect and confidence , ’ says Charles Macleod of recruitment consultants Robert Half . |
| 24 | ‘ I have got to see things from a parochial view , not from the county-wide perspective . |
| 25 | I thinks the manufacturing experience I had was very important , because it enabled me to see things from the manufacturer 's point of view , which many retailers have n't done . |
| 26 | This helps to develop empathy — the ability to see things from the other 's point of view in addition to one 's own . |
| 27 | The parent should listen quietly to this opinion , preferably with an open mind , trying to see things from the youngster 's point of view and should restate what she or he understands to be the youngster 's argument , so as to be sure of there being no misunderstanding . |
| 28 | Last October George Bush was asked to sign a bill that tried to restore things to the more liberal way they were between 1971 and 1989 . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's coming here tomorrow to arrange things with the rector , ’ said Phil . |
| 30 | When they went out on their own with girls , they tended to fix things for the same evening so as not to spend two nights separated where one would do . |