Example sentences of "things [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lots of things lived in the woods , all weathers . |
| 2 | and hundreds of , you know baby things lurking under the leaves . |
| 3 | Hair is always on show and it 's one of the first things to suffer from the effects of poor diet , pregnancy , the menopause and stress . |
| 4 | there if you want to , have that with a biscuit or something , I said what about this then , erm everybody gon na be taking things to sell at the stalls |
| 5 | We 're entitled now you know to have all sorts of things done at the doctors , coming up to the right age to be hav to be done er |
| 6 | " One of the most beautiful things done by the painters of this country has been the painting of black which nevertheless has light in it , " Vincent had written from Holland . |
| 7 | But during the week immediately following the meeting two fortuitous things happened to the chemists that at the time looked too good opportunities to miss . |
| 8 | When a fire breaks out , very strange things happen to the cats . |
| 9 | If they learned a sounder astronomy and a clearer insight into how things look through the eyes of strangers , they would act differently , and better , because in greater awareness . |
| 10 | Roger Freeman is a most knowledgeable writer on all things to do with the machines , units and campaigns of the USAAF in WWII . |
| 11 | FINDING THINGS to do with the children during the long summer holidays can be a real headache for mums and dads . |
| 12 | The problem is not necessarily just the massive increase in numbers of walkers and climbers , but the fact that people are daily dreaming up new and more ridiculous things to do on the hills for fun . |
| 13 | There were other things moving on the roads down there . |
| 14 | They start other things to deal with the debts such as prostitution and drugs . |
| 15 | And were there things coming of the walls for instance ? |
| 16 | I wondered how long it would be before I was doing the things portrayed in the photos . |
| 17 | Farmers wo n't even bother to harvest it , right , simply because , the bulk of it , the total production costs , will be labour , will be the labour costs of harvesting , and if they ca n't cover those labour costs of harvesting by selling their produce , which they wo n't be able to if there 's been a bumper harvest because prices are very low , they 'll just leave the things rotting on the trees and er , that is , that is what , what happens quite regularly in horticultural markets which tend not to be markets that are supported through the Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 18 | They had n't quite known whether to be optimistic or pessimistic about the overnight delay , but they were adamant in their belief that none of these parents was capable of doing the things stated in the allegations against them . |
| 19 | And have quite a lot of good things to say about the flats and the |
| 20 | The Touche Ross report had one or two nice things to say about the advantages of nurse prescribing . |
| 21 | So if you find lots of things to say about the others , you 're still in with a chance here . |
| 22 | In replying to criticisms of his manners as a director , he has some constructive things to say about the differences between directing film and producing for the theatre . |
| 23 | Apart from the entries , there are fascinating and often amusing essays on the Fortnum Collection ( fundamental reading for anyone interested in the collecting of small bronzes ) , ‘ Sculpture in the Department of Fine Art ’ , the architectural and sculptural decoration of the University Galleries and the Taylor Institute , ‘ Chantrey , Westmacott , and the casts after the Antique ’ ( this with some rather damning things to say about the standards of curatorship in the past ) , and the Brocklebank Bronzes and Gilbert 's ‘ Circe ’ . |
| 24 | By the time he had rallied and got himself together and was thinking of things to say to the police it was too late and they were heading north . |
| 25 | Have things changed in the flats at all ? would you say that in terms of the way people feel . |