Example sentences of "[verb] things [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , what appear to be , as I said , naive questions very often are most penetrating and bring us up short because they involve things we 've taken for granted for many , many years and perhaps ought to look at again . |
| 2 | We see it in the newspapers and we see it among politicians particularly , who say things they really do not mean , or things they do not even understand … . |
| 3 | People do n't like silence , they feel a need to fill it and in filling a silence often say things they regret . |
| 4 | ‘ They say things they think will keep us happy until the next tragedy , ’ he told a news conference . |
| 5 | Sometimes a man and his woman say things they should not … ’ |
| 6 | Benjamin reports that his classmates openly say things which were never said a year ago . |
| 7 | ‘ Before we say things we might regret . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Last time we were here , ’ Athelstan quipped , ‘ you warned me , Sir John , not to open my mouth and say things I was not bidden to . |
| 9 | Do n't joke about serious issues or say things you do n't mean or it could be held against you later . |
| 10 | Piggy had no sense of humour and often got very angry when other boys found things he did amusing . |
| 11 | There 's no use keeping things you do n't need Jean , and you do n't know anybody that needs them ! |
| 12 | Advertising changes society ; makes people buy things they do not want ; enables multinational capitalistic monopolies to batten on the working classes . |
| 13 | And in the 1950s people did not buy things they could not afford — credit and debt were shameful things to be avoided . |
| 14 | The worst thing you can do is buy things you will rarely , if ever , need . |
| 15 | For some people the morning is a time of energetically tackling things which have to be done . |
| 16 | Arlott , someone said once , seemed to know things he had no right to know . |
| 17 | Det Chief Insp Nick Biddiss said : ‘ People may still know things they have forgotten to mention and we hope this exercise will jog their memories . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It was strange how Gary would often know things he had not been told . |
| 19 | She shouted things they could not understand before lying face down covering up the words : |
| 20 | ‘ He telephoned to tell me about it … he was very angry when he saw you with that book and I could tell that he had said things he should not have said . ’ |
| 21 | Stop imagining things what are n't true ! ’ |
| 22 | I mean most companies would rather the four centimetres or whatever over a or and says that says things they 'd like to hear , than have erm than have say er which basically |
| 23 | Well , this letter is longer than anticipated — and perhaps says things we would not have chit-chattered about on the phone . |
| 24 | She probably says things she does n't mean … |
| 25 | I know she thinks says things you know she embarrasses me at times |
| 26 | I 've spoken to Kevin Moran when we 've been away with the Republic of Ireland and he says things there are quite relaxed . |
| 27 | We settled down to nine channels of T.V. and a tour of the room-service menu , ordering things we 'd only read about — pastrami on rye ; blue-jack cheese ; sourdough bread and grits and black-eyed beans . |
| 28 | Odd looking things he said himself quietly . |
| 29 | I had seen things which no-one should ever see . |
| 30 | I am talking to a man who has seen things I can only imagine . |