Example sentences of "things [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dab them all with these Rentokil things to kill them . |
| 2 | When things grow they change . |
| 3 | Alexandra 's reluctance to descend from her tower , Iskandara 's lameness as she negotiated the stone stairs to her sitting-room , fiercely beating off all help with her stick ; both these things delayed them . |
| 4 | But when she saw these things written they seemed , and were , stale , deja-vu , derivative . |
| 5 | But , but people when people when they come to your house and want things done they 're tight you know ! |
| 6 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 7 | Scott ( RH ) : And we can have jokes and things like they do now . |
| 8 | He says things like they are . |
| 9 | Things have gone er , better for women they have , in the restoration of a women publishers and there were n't any in last century , you know i er things go they seem to swing backwards and forwards all the time . |
| 10 | Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . |
| 11 | If things regressed they felt confident they could repeat the process themselves . |
| 12 | Because erm you know you ca n't manage people without some consideration for er for their , their views and how things affect them and so on . |
| 13 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 14 | What sort of things did they sell in the shop . |
| 15 | What sort of things did they have to keep their waists in ? |
| 16 | More , more recent than then , because as a kid they do n't talk to you about them things do they like , you know . |
| 17 | What sort of things do they say to you ? |
| 18 | Cos they do n't think of those things do they ? |
| 19 | cos people do n't appreciate things do they ? |
| 20 | Benny will certainly have picked up some of these things to examine them , and she 'll have absorbed the stuff through her fingertips . ’ |
| 21 | If he has other things to say they will be said at Mansion House next Thursday , an occasion by tradition for the Chancellor to speak on monetary policy . |
| 22 | … while his Mother and baby sister find other things to occupy them . |
| 23 | I used many things to make them cane and dowling and metal coathangers and aluminium tent-poles , and paper and plastic sheeting and dustbin bags and sheets and string and nylon rope and twine and all sorts of little straps and buckles and bits of cord and elastic bands and strips of wire and pins and screws and nails and pieces cannibalised from model yachts and various toys . |
| 24 | All these sort of things to make them work , as in you set out a pattern of behaviour . |
| 25 | find things study them . |
| 26 | Perhaps , if things improve they will go into industry , as I once did . |