Example sentences of "[to-vb] things [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All burglars know that ninety-eight per cent of all housewives decide to hide things in the tea caddy . ’ |
| 2 | He did n't really strike her as a particularly nosy person , just wanting to know things for the hell of it . |
| 3 | To make a living he had to sell things over the counter-like his brother . ’ |
| 4 | Far better to draw them into the school to nip things in the bud than leave them to ferment discontent . |
| 5 | But to patch things up the friends need to agree on a peace plan . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to discuss things with the owner , and it will probably be a week or so before I make up my mind . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ( There is some plausibility in this suggestion , because infants and certain animals appear able to perceive things like the presence or absence of voicing . ) |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Nicola said he was the man sent over to organise things for the Mafia . |
| 13 | It 's nice to know that the Man Utd fans still feel so inadequate as to have to post things to the Leeds newsgroup . |
| 14 | 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 : |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This helps to develop empathy — the ability to see things from the other 's point of view in addition to one 's own . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's coming here tomorrow to arrange things with the rector , ’ said Phil . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And you had to sign a chit to use things like the height gauge , the big micrometers , calipers . |
| 22 | They will be happy to use things like the Glogovac murders as a justification for sending their own armed thugs into action against the Albanians . |
| 23 | What they would say is that we have to , perhaps we do have to leave things to the individual , but we should leave as little possible to individuals , as little as practically possible so that we should the people involved in making all the important decisions , particularly the carrying out of them that we have to leave to particular appointed individuals . |
| 24 | A political decision is real enough but it is designed to leave things in the end exactly as they were in the beginning . |
| 25 | But Flynn is not pushing Harper for a decision and is happy to leave things in the air for a fortnight or so . |
| 26 | The family member will continue to do things for the primary sufferer ( providing food and shelter and other necessities of life , tidying up the messes , telling lies or half-truths to " cover up " , paying off debts or fines , providing bail , apologising on his or her behalf and generally doing everything possible to protect the primary sufferer from the consequences of his or her disease ) regardless of the demonstrable fact that these actions do not help the sufferer to get into recovery . |
| 27 | [ These would ] enable us to do things for the alliance which they ca n't do . |
| 28 | And it 's , I 'm going to do things for the house like I want to make erm Chris has put back the rail over my windowsill . |
| 29 | Trying to do things on the cheap only results in an inferior service . |
| 30 | ‘ Norlite is terribly sorry and knows it has to do things to the letter in future . ’ |