Example sentences of "thing [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , as already described , Croydon Corporation saw things rather differently and thought they would stand to lose financially . |
| 2 | I decided it was a good idea to write things down rather than depending on the tape because erm I 'm not actually going to get round to transcribing the tape quickly enough to use it as minutes . |
| 3 | what I 'm concerned about is put things down like that , er like that it encourages erm an appreciation of language skills that are bitty , partial , they can be pulled apart and it 's not the model of language teaching that I would like to promote . |
| 4 | We have time to put things democratically right if the Government will act now . |
| 5 | It is often said that children pick up and learn things much quicker than adults . |
| 6 | Now he would take things much further and see whether he could translate Ebert 's restlessness into something more useful . |
| 7 | The function which modern philosophy seized upon as expressing the vital essence of Mind was that of bringing things together so that they have a bearing upon one another . |
| 8 | Have you ever seen things so clearly as when you were first in love ? |
| 9 | Rarely in Rover 's history has there been a time when it has done so many things so well as now . |
| 10 | They would be quite happy to forget all those things so long as Fedorov obliged them by carrying out certain routine tasks from time to time . |
| 11 | Only in small things so far but Dexter was sure , thinking back to the taut image of the man sitting on his sofa the previous night , that he was lying about bigger things as well . |
| 12 | This last choice is desirable but it only delays things so far as getting home is concerned , since the forest road stops on the frontier some three miles away , and there you can but turn round . |
| 13 | You do n't enjoy things so much when you get older . ’ |
| 14 | That agile mind was not going to sit back and take things easy even if her body had no option but to obey the doctor 's orders . |
| 15 | The adult in us is the part that thinks things through rationally and considers the consequences of our actions . |
| 16 | Never having seen firearms or horses before , the Aztecs regarded these things not only as supernatural , but as confirmation of Cortés 's divine status — of his identity as an avatar of their supreme god , Quetzalcoatl . |
| 17 | I think it 's great shame that were not able to come more often now but I do n't think that the replacement scheme is really a replacement cos it relies on you getting the most expensive seats I would rather see lots of things cheaply rather than just one or two things more expensively it also does n't include studio theatre many of the productions I think are excellent and there 's no advantage there . |
| 18 | She was long-legged and rather awkward and did n't do things quickly even when she got started ! |
| 19 | The skilled sportsman seems to have more time and to do things more slowly than the less skilled one . |
| 20 | Helen Gardner was not a deep thinker , but she saw certain things more clearly than many sharper minds . |
| 21 | Your redraft of the contract was a most helpful way of approaching the issues — and in fact set out things more clearly than our original . |
| 22 | Some people get the hang of these things more quickly than I do . |
| 23 | Sarah knew she was slow , and she tried hard to grasp things more quickly and to keep her mind on the task or game in hand , but she did n't always succeed . |
| 24 | This in turn leads to their ‘ going by the book ’ , their sense of power stemming from their ability to hold things up rather than get things done . |
| 25 | Last month , our sister paper Unigram.X hears , Intel Corp was still sending out Pentiums in quantities of one via a car delivery service — and demanding the things back again once they 'd been installed and tested in the prototype boxes of less favoured customers . |
| 26 | Last month Intel Corp was reportedly still sending out Pentiums in quantities of one via a car delivery service — and demanding the things back again once they 'd been installed and tested in the prototype boxes of less favoured customers . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps we do not see these things as clearly as we should , Herr Wolff , ’ she said to soothe him . |
| 28 | I wonder if I will get away with things as easily as I have on other serious falls and I wonder what it will feel like at the bottom . |
| 29 | He needs time skills as well , instead of just doing things as soon as possible because you get to the things that become more pressing take over , |
| 30 | Most people do n't actually go into things as deeply as we do . |