Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [art] [det] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then of course , when she came into the village to buy the few things they need — it is astonishing how modest Mr Swinton 's needs seem to be , she hardly buys any comforts at all but I gather his man is an excellent gardener and they keep a pig for bacon — ’ |
| 2 | Not quite a woman — because I wanted to do things with Gittel that only a man was supposed to want to do ; not quite a man — because I wanted Gittel to do the same things back to me . ’ |
| 3 | Well , erm I I have been accosted a few times to do a few things , you know erm like I say , prostitution , they think probably because you 're on your own , everybody else , because one , say one person in the block is one , then you are one as well , you know . |
| 4 | Gives me the chance to get a few things done . ’ |
| 5 | We only want the managers to change a few things and to be more careful about safety . ’ |
| 6 | In its place there stands a new Ballistic Missile Defence Organisation which employs the same people to do the same things with the same money — $1.8 billion requested for the next year . |
| 7 | It 's nice in the studio to have a few things here and there , but live , that 's what it hangs on . ’ |
| 8 | It rarely took less than seven minutes to organize the few things I needed , so that day I rehearsed mentally as I went along : ‘ Choose the best place to stop . |
| 9 | You 've got time to do a few things first . |
| 10 | He stopped at the Palace to collect a few things . |