Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] thing [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean , this is them deliberately saying things to their friends and deliberately stirring it . |
2 | There were lesbians on the staff at my school , but they only taught things like hockey and sewing . |
3 | The best thing to get richer is like , going round car boot sales , like my mum , she 's so funny , dad said she 's a different woman , she 's just like , cos when Phil and I erm , were engaged , we were trying to save up money , so we , oh and like we 'd sell off all our old stuff , so just give me of money , and then , we got these and my mum was pricing everything up , and she 's going , if someone asks for a discount , do n't , just do n't give it to them , she said , everyone 's going round pricing everything up and erm , when they come to you , they just , they just want things for nothing . |
4 | Because they just see things in a completely different way . |
5 | ‘ They always say things like that in June . |
6 | They simply deny things in the real world they do n't want to recognize . |
7 | They too mentioned things like delays in supplying commodes that currently kept patients waiting . |