Example sentences of "[adj] things that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three chief contenders for the leadership of the Socialist Party , when the ailing Andreas Papandreou hands it over , all tell you sensible things that would have got them drummed out of the party ten years ago . |
| 2 | I 've always ridden bikes off the road on to trails to get far into the heart of the country , but they were big , creaky , clanking old things that had to have a puncture repaired every 20 minutes . |
| 3 | Table 1 suggests some of the definitive things that people do with texts in the linguistics and literature community . |
| 4 | ‘ In fact , it 's been one of the most exciting things that I 've worked on and it 's certainly changed my career . ’ |
| 5 | She brought with her in the car anything of mine that she had been able to find in the house ( plus a few things that just reminded her of me ) and they were all dumped in my front hall . |
| 6 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 7 | One of the few things that keeps movies worth watching is the vitality of all the marvellous comedians from Saturday Night Live and SCTV : Bill Murray , John Candy and so on , terrific personalities who can bring a vibrancy even to dead scripts . ’ |
| 8 | These days they appear infrequently , but the prospect of a shopping expedition is one of the few things that are guaranteed to bring them out . |
| 9 | Mice were one of the few things that Miss Fogerty could not endure . |
| 10 | Of the very few things that were her own , her chastity mattered most . |
| 11 | We did some of the old songs and Carl wrote a few things that we did new . |
| 12 | ‘ Then there were a few things that reinforced that feeling . |
| 13 | But there 's a few things that will please the older fans . |
| 14 | → There are a few things that you can try before you bin your guitar , John . |
| 15 | ‘ The next day she would always phone to say that she had been in and she 'd pick on a few things that she was n't quite happy with . ’ |
| 16 | One embellishment to list-making which I have found keeps my spirits up is to include in the list ( a ) one or two things I have done already ; ( b ) a few things that are easy and unproblematic ; ( c ) the item ‘ Make List ’ . |
| 17 | Newell admits that there are still a few things that the software can not do — in particular it does not handle the dynamic marks that define volume , or tempo markings . |
| 18 | And there were a few things that you mentioned as you were going through that a you know I just really want to make a few comments on really . |
| 19 | The Dolphin , the Bermuda Suite , Club 93 , the Bingo hall , a large swimming pool , a Sports hall , Amusements , these are just some of the few things that are situated at Highfield Holiday Park , Clacton , where my family and I have been going on Holiday for 10 years . |
| 20 | A few things that have come up from our sub-committee meeting on Monday evening ; first , thanks for your quote for computers , and I 've got the application form from SNH to apply for a grant to buy it . |
| 21 | While we 're on this question , one of the few things that er Theresa did n't say , although perhaps she might have said it when I was n't , I do n't think she did but one of the few things she did n't say is why Freud disapproved of the typical kind of dream book you find in any book shop . |
| 22 | I can if you want , it 's just that I came up with a few things that did n't make sense , they were fairly contradictory things . |
| 23 | I mean it wo n't mean me redoing it or anything , it 's just a few things that I wanted |
| 24 | Er right , now there was just a few things that er I 've got to ask . |
| 25 | There are a few things that have cropped up which I have to see to now . |
| 26 | there was only a few things that we would |
| 27 | Um and erm that might be that 's one of th some of the few things that the library 's got but erm er anyway . |
| 28 | Like it 's a difference with with thing like Beetlejuice , every time I watch it I notice a few things that are different |
| 29 | ‘ Edith 's very good but there are some things that need watching . ’ |
| 30 | Thus some things that are said to be going to happen , do happen . |