Example sentences of "[verb] things [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You just have to accept things and get on with your life . ’ |
| 32 | For various reasons , intellectual , historical and sexual , it was easier for her to accept things as they were than for Peter . |
| 33 | And this is why at a late stage in À la recherche , Marcel says that it is a mistake , particularly where the artist is concerned , to accept , and I quote , ‘ It 's a mistake to accept things as they are in reality , names as they are written , people as photography and psychology give in an unalterable idea of them . ’ |
| 34 | And , I do n't know , it seems that actually you 've got a very good sense of using all those traditions to inform things that happen , things that you do and erm you 're not locked in being regarded as in that sort of tradition and the pressures that result from that . |
| 35 | Why is it that we should want to know things that are , in the broad scheme , totally irrelevant ? |
| 36 | I do n't think humans want to know things that disturb them . ’ |
| 37 | But at the same time the Party could argue that it was attempting to equalize things or at least limit inequalities in the sense that , that , that the tax rates were . |
| 38 | They do n't think you are going to steal it , and they never tell your children off if they touch things or run in and out of the hanging displays . |
| 39 | Searle 's position can have cogency only if he can show that a computer which is allowed to look through the window ( and preferably touch things as well ) could not succeed , though in these conditions the Westerner would succeed . |
| 40 | ‘ This time around I tried to write things that were n't just about me and my relationships . |
| 41 | I have experienced this directly in researching this book and am deeply indebted to many new friends , in areas of science that would have remained foreign to me , for their time and patience in explaining things that I never knew and I hope that we all gained from the experience . |
| 42 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 43 | Ask the children to replace things that belong in each area ( Home Corner , shop , water tray , etc . ) . |
| 44 | Nebiolo , who has so far declined to enter into discussions with Jennings and his group , insisted in Stockholm that the IAAF did not have unlimited reserves to pay out prizes and said pointedly : ‘ People are believing things that are not realistic . |
| 45 | ‘ True , you had to bounce things as you went along . |
| 46 | They 've said things that were n't true to say , could n't they , I mean , they thought it too simple to even say . |
| 47 | What I have said to Neil and Neil is honest but once or twice he 's said things and I 've said , no Neil ! |
| 48 | She stood at the foot of the bare dunes , gripping a string bag of swimming things and a volume of Smollett . |
| 49 | He was smiling at her , saying again , ‘ I thought I must be imagining things or seeing double , or , as I said , you were a twin . ’ |
| 50 | He also says things that he really does think , things that , again , are usually kept rather quiet . |
| 51 | Of course it says things that are uncomfortable for the Government and for local authorities . |
| 52 | ‘ He says things and they 're not true . |
| 53 | Bream can and do eat gallons of bait but it is not wise to overdo things if they are finicky . |
| 54 | and if we were looking at running costs and replacing things and |
| 55 | I do n't just want to open things and be seen trundling around . |
| 56 | Hither and thither rolled the famous car , disgorging Lady D , followed by Sir Bernard , like minor royalty to perform no very clear function other than to open things or attend functions and be recognized . |
| 57 | An eight year old , if I ruled the world , if I was in charge this is how I would organize things and then and I believe , what I believe in . |
| 58 | ‘ You 're asking me if I 'm some sort of embittered , wounded animal , who only wants to reach out and break things because he ca n't be happy or possess them ? ’ |
| 59 | He had seen things that Oliver longed to see . |
| 60 | An agonising first nine years of life , this was a little boy who had seen things that little boys and little girls should never see . |