Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] things [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For the purpose of formulating a curriculum , it is more helpful to present things in the following order : |
| 3 | ( There is some plausibility in this suggestion , because infants and certain animals appear able to perceive things like the presence or absence of voicing . ) |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But Flynn is not pushing Harper for a decision and is happy to leave things in the air for a fortnight or so . |
| 6 | We teachers need actually to say to the children that they are going to enjoy the work that day , that it will be interesting , and that they are going to know or be able to do things at the end of the day that they did n't know or were n't able to do before . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I suppose there is always the danger that the scientist will see things , will be able to interpret things in the way that he or she wishes . |
| 9 | They should also be building the conviction of teachers that it is possible to change things for the better . |
| 10 | If he 's never been particularly affectionate and you 've never complained before , he may find your sudden demands puzzling and irritating , although I hope he realises that you 're anxious to improve things for the sake of the marriage and not just for yourself . |
| 11 | Perhaps it is n't necessary to explain things in the way I used to . |