Example sentences of "[verb] that things like " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that things like candle sticks are stolen , then used as impliments to break windows . |
| 2 | It is never difficult to think of suitable gifts to take to elderly people who live alone , but apart from the obvious ones it is worth remembering that things like home-made cakes , biscuits , jam or marmalade which they may no longer bother to make for themselves are particularly appreciated . |
| 3 | I do not believe that things like that normally happen in a lifetime . ’ |
| 4 | Erm what I what I 'd like to , I mean I 've written out in rough you know , what I 'd like to send out to departments with the the the homework timetable and it 's just , you know I I 'm trying to say to the members of staff I do n't wan na interfere with the way that they organise their departments or their classrooms but I want to propose , you know that things like all seventh year classes should have one homework per subject per week . |
| 5 | They try and tighten it up even more , almost in a subconscious way to control a disaster , and we know that things like chaos and disaster they ca n't be controlled , they ca n't be wrapped up in that way . |
| 6 | You do n't , for heaven 's sake , think that things like that happen without someone pulling strings , do you ? ’ |
| 7 | In the end , though , we are reminded that The Smiths ' four proper albums represented these songs in far more forceful contexts , from the arrogant hesitation of ‘ The Smiths ’ through to the extraordinary confidence , wit and power of ‘ The Queen Is Dead ’ and onwards , we notice that things like ‘ Reel Around The Fountain ’ just do n't sit comfortably in the middle of a Fun Corporate Pop album , and in the end we say ‘ Are you too idle to buy the proper original records rather than fork out for ‘ Best … |