Example sentences of "[prep] thing you [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the sort of things you might suggest that people give you for your birthday , Christmas or other religious celebration . |
| 2 | Well , we get the usual sort of things you would expect , about fact and figures about the University itself . |
| 3 | Maybe we , it may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would have been saying to them . |
| 4 | There were any amount of things you could write about in Summer . |
| 5 | You may miss all kinds of things you could exploit . |
| 6 | there 's lots of things you could touch |
| 7 | But there were a lot of things you could get |
| 8 | However , there are a number of things you can do at home to keep the coat healthy and to minimise your trips to the salon . |
| 9 | I think it 's the diversity really , the number of things you can do in it [ that appeals ] . |
| 10 | There 's lots of things you can do with it . |
| 11 | ‘ If the answer is no then there are still a number of things you can do to make your workstation more comfortable . ’ |
| 12 | Well there 's plenty of things you can do to make them drop back . |
| 13 | Well of course there 's a whole range of things you can order , you know , chequebooks and bank statements , you can do all s all sorts of things |
| 14 | With a carrying capacity of 160 litres , you 'll find the list of things you can sue it for is endless . |
| 15 | O K , I just wanted us to , to do that erm , because erm , one of the things that I suspect when you 're getting down to doing your plan tomorrow , is that with the best will in the world , even though I say but this is for sales course , one of things you will want objectively to look at is either your revenue or your trading base or something , er , I just wanted to carry that through . |
| 16 | Yet education is very much the sort of thing you might expect Moore 's principles to display as worth while in its own right rather than merely as a means to , or even component of , other things . |
| 17 | It 's the sort of thing you might collect from the House of Commons particularly during a er big debate . |
| 18 | you know that 's the sort of thing you might want to read as , as kind of background supplementary material and particularly |
| 19 | The sort of thing you might do was , if you 've got a decision , is you might want to look t at the of that decision , okay ? |
| 20 | The kind of thing you might come out with after being hit with a baseball bat . ’ |
| 21 | do you think that 's the sort of thing you 'll like ? |
| 22 | It 's the sort of thing you 'll find |
| 23 | I ca n't quantify these , I ca n't tell you how many there 'll be , but there will be questions on motivation but before that there 'll be some questions on the basics of of kind of y'know studying , work , psychology , the sort of thing you 'll find in an introductory chapter er not only of the Arnold book but in other books as well . |
| 24 | A large gloomy bedroom had been the setting of it , hung with draperies , not the kind of thing you would expect a child to sleep in , but it was a little child that lay on the bed , white and still , the elderly man , evidently a doctor , who had seemingly just lifted a looking glass from the parted lips , turning to the young father and imparting the news of death , while the mother in a transport of grief clung to her husband , her head buried in his shoulder . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's just the sort of thing you would do — to make yourself look big — to make me look a fool . |
| 26 | The great thing about library music is that it is fairly non-commital : you can go in all kinds of directions and you 're asked to provide music in a certain style , which may not be the sort of thing you would do naturally , but it 's still enjoyable to do . |
| 27 | Killing Elinor was the kind of thing you would need years of study to accomplish . |
| 28 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 29 | The kind of thing you ought to do with with mum is like , you could probably go down one Sunday and have a , have a , you know , have a lunch . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose it 's the sort of thing you ought to have an inkling of . |