Example sentences of "[to-vb] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take a causal circumstance as having no redundancy is obviously to exclude things wholly irrelevant to the effect . |
| 2 | Visiting certain bothies in the Affric and Dundonnel areas during 1989 , I was amazed to find things regulated by a dinner gong ! |
| 3 | But for all Dwyer 's optimism , this was just the sort of loose game in which the Wallabies excel and , although they have undoubted talent , the youngsters are going to find things considerably tighter in France . |
| 4 | What I am anxious to do is to find things that are not cynically made . |
| 5 | THOSE SEARCHING around feebly to find things to give film buffs for Christmas ought to consider a few of the classic books on directors , stars , studios and the movies themselves . |
| 6 | His assistant should have directed a scene after lunch but the director returned to find things at a stand-still . |
| 7 | I presume all our seed boxes are on board , but , as it is customary , all letters were thrown overboard , so shall be at a great loss to find things . |
| 8 | It is hard to find things to say at times like these and , ‘ Do n't know what 's wrong with me today . |
| 9 | I do n't want you to find things out about me , I do n't want you to stop liking me . " |
| 10 | There was the lost child , in the forest , peering through windows , knocking at doors , creeping in from outside , trying to find things that fitted , food that was acceptable , chair , porridge , bed . |
| 11 | Now some archaeologists dig down to find things , others study things that are above ground . |
| 12 | It 's our job to find things out . ’ |
| 13 | Patterned carpets are hard are n't they to find things in . |
| 14 | It will give me more chance to find things out . |
| 15 | So one of the purposes of research is to find things out by seeing if the world can be investigated using a particular set of assumptions , a particular perspective or a particular approach , trying to see if they yield promising and interesting findings , answer problems that preoccupy researchers , and so on . |
| 16 | lt was very hard to find things to do in Sweden . |
| 17 | As part of the process of writing from the very beginning , and writing in small steps , from the first day you should write down , and keep available , notes consisting of a few sentences on each of the following : ( a ) the essay 's hypothesis ( the claim it is interested in exploring ) ; ( b ) the evidence or data you are going to use ( the facts , quotes , parallel cases from other texts , etc. , that you are in the process of collecting ) ; ( c ) brief statements of your ideas so far ; ( d ) in the case of a longer dissertation , the preliminary results of a " literature search " ( a survey of bibliographies to find things to read ) . |
| 18 | Liz Clifton the gallery organiser says the work is very skilled and they 've looked all over the country to find things . |
| 19 | It 's very difficult to find things , ’ he explains . |
| 20 | There was a sudden communal intake of breath from the audience , and clearly no need for Morse to spell things out further . |
| 21 | Erm , the trouble is , if you do n't know the vocabulary it 's very hard to dictate and write down because you have to keep stopping and asking them to spell things . |
| 22 | Do n't expect everything to be crystal clear , or cut and dried for Monday 's one of those times when you have to take the lead and not wait for folk to spell things out in words of one syllable . |
| 23 | The whole was then bought up rich Australian gold trader named Campbell , who proceeded to pull things together . |
| 24 | ‘ We are trying to pull things together but certain things trigger it all off again , ’ said Robert . |
| 25 | Gravity works on the surface of the Earth or the Moon , and it still works just off the surface , so as to pull things down on to it . |
| 26 | Gravity tries to pull things together again , but the violence of the explosion-the fact that they start off moving outwards in all directions — keeps them apart . |
| 27 | Usually very very pessimistic and always look always look on the on the pessimistic side of things you know all that sort of stuff but you know they are a very important part of the group , you know given given their space to be like they are you know do n't take them too seriously remember their job is to criticise and their job is to pull things to pieces . |
| 28 | OK , so we can use the cramps to your advantage to pull things back into |
| 29 | ( You 'll need to jot things down in rough first , before you enter totals on the slip . ) |
| 30 | ‘ I ai n't goin' downstairs , ’ said Linda , ‘ I bet you was goin' to pinch things from that bag . |