Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And anyway , ’ whispered another voice , and one that was rather more matter-of-fact because it was her own , ‘ there 's a young eagle out there called Creggan who needs to know a few things if he 's going to survive and be free . ’ |
| 2 | And I want to keep a few things to remind me of Billy . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's in the future but it will be another chapter in the book and I am sure Joe is going to point a few things out to me and help me along the way . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd like to explain a few things , ’ she began unsteadily , licking her lips . |
| 5 | It would probably to appropriate for me to er second the motion in Welsh er , but as you 're and neither the English Welsh I would just like to say a few things , one , to express the appreciation of my council for the and secondly , |
| 6 | The flier had been briefed to say a few things like a parrot , but had no deeper understanding of war , or peace , or politics than that bird . |
| 7 | But she 's , she 's got to relinquish a few things herself . |
| 8 | Sometimes we would go to the hills and find wild fruits and we began to grow a few things , like cucumbers and tomatoes , but it was generally hard going . |
| 9 | She must have forgotten a few things in the holidays , like the time I pushed her in the school goldfish pond . |
| 10 | He eyes me , thinking that , although I might have done a few things in the Arctic , I am still a tiny lad without any fat ; he decides that it will be just a few minutes . |
| 11 | Looking back , they would have done a few things quite differently , but they certainly did not conform to the view taken by some authorities that they encountered , that they are children who have ruined their lives and wasted their education . |
| 12 | Erm what I need to do now is just so I 'm gon na have to cross a few things out . |
| 13 | You must surely have observed a few things about Fräulein Müller . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll er I 'll try to get a few things , make a few bob you know , |
| 15 | As soon as he hung up the phone , he started to pack a few things . |
| 16 | ‘ But I shall have to explain a few things . |
| 17 | I might have to unbend a few things , though . ’ |
| 18 | Ok , lets get a few things cleared up straight away . |
| 19 | ‘ Besides , it pays to know a few things about a bloke you 're going to be sharing with , especially when that bloke 's topped three other geezers . ’ |
| 20 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
| 21 | And they 've started to get a few things together have n't they ? |
| 22 | As for those countries who live under a non-religious dictatorship and are officially atheist , they appear to have learned a few things from the Inquisition . |
| 23 | I think that they may be frightened to speak up and that they 're scared that if they say something that they do n't know , like a lot of them do n't know the facts , like today , in the same class as Janine across there , some of them did n't know even the very the pro , progression of the male pill or anything like that , and they did learn a few things but a again they never spoke up and they were n't interested , but I |
| 24 | Yes , I think we 'll have to have have a good look , yes it 's alright when you 've got a few things to get , but when when you 've got the whole list . |
| 25 | My fault , I know — I 've had a few things on my mind . |
| 26 | But once we know where we stand , I can start sorting a few things out , ’ he added . |
| 27 | But I 've thrown a few things out , as well . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've put a few things in the room you might need — toiletries and something to wear to sleep in . ’ |
| 29 | After he had slept in the same sheets for six months Nails had taken them to the launderette , and now he had discovered a few things like that , which helped , which was more than his dad ever had . |
| 30 | ‘ I had discovered a few things about him that were very … hurtful . |