Example sentences of "[art] thing that [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those are the things that occurred to me . |
| 2 | Despite all the things that happen to us , such as religious conversion , dreams , accidents , bereavement , psychological shock — all those things that pull us out of everyday reality — we tend to slip back to a belief that there is a bedrock of common sense and sensibility at the heart of things . |
| 3 | You will make decisions , have adventures and then describe the things that happen to you . |
| 4 | I 'm just y'know just thinking about some of the things that occur to me . |
| 5 | You think the things that are important to you annoy me the way the things that matter to me annoy you . |
| 6 | Lupus feared his anger and advised others not to provoke it ( " I consider it dangerous to obstruct the king 's orders " ) ; felt hurt when Charles very obviously " does n't care about the things that matter to me " ; appreciated Charles 's personally " asking me at Bourges not long ago what I felt about Predestination " ; and was well aware that Charles " has a face that he puts on when he wants to be charming " . |
| 7 | Leary said : ‘ My French is only adequate and he does n't speak English but we managed a conversation about the things that matter to us . |
| 8 | ‘ You give names to the things that matter to you , and where you live matters . ’ |
| 9 | I think the thing that occurs to me , erm , they do n't always know , erm , what has just happened to you . |
| 10 | It will always be a mystery , a thing that happened to me like the seasons , like floods and lightnings , without question or escape . |