Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] of things " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pulsing heart of things . |
| 2 | A mother advising her daughter to beware of men is likewise in the normal course of things . |
| 3 | In the normal course of things he was benevolent , but absent : he did not allow himself to be drawn either in anger or in passion . |
| 4 | " In the normal course of things we 'd not treat such a disappearance seriously . " |
| 5 | All the usual kind of things … curtains ; a sort of dark blue velveteen stuff ; and then the blackout curtains , and lots of silly bits of brown tape on the glass in case Jerry drops a bomb . |
| 6 | Complaints to the BR watchdog have now doubled in five years and there 's little hope of things improving . |
| 7 | That kind of things occurs only among prostitues . ’ |
| 8 | Er a coconut , erm brandy snap , and all that kind of things . |
| 9 | Erm it 's also the case that , particularly when abuse is of this sort of y'know like I was just describing y'know stroking , caressing , all that kind of things um it a lot of erm in some cases very confused feelings on the part of the people who 've been abused . |
| 10 | They thought well kids just make a fuss anyway and they have n't got any proper routes so what 're they making all that fuss about y'know , shut up , um and er that kind of things was going on . |
| 11 | I try and make women 's history clearer , because obviously they 've done history A level so they 've probably learnt about wars and all the male sort of things , so what women were doing and thinking and the way in which that has been suppressed ; as much as possible I like to teach by not putting very much of what I think across but trying to get other people to produce it … also encouraging them to share as an experience and personal responses and talking about things one would n't normally talk about in the department , the emotional side of things , in quotes ‘ irrational ’ , ‘ intuitive ’ and all of that , and valuing that … try and make it a space where people can say whatever they want to say ; I suppose value things that would not be valued elsewhere . |
| 12 | Our biology teacher took it , but it was it was also so , it was the facts about erm sex , abortion contraception , but we also , also talked about the emotional side of things . |
| 13 | Eternal watcher of things , |
| 14 | Joe is the current chairman of the Ulster branch of the BUI and will be staying in the game on the administrative side of things but the next week or so he will be very busy on court . |
| 15 | There were those , very much in the minority , who were interested in the political side of things . |
| 16 | That should be no barrier , according to Looking Right : ‘ What we must do here is to explain that the political side of things mainly involves what is little more than Party donkeywork . |
| 17 | He does n't tell us anything about that side of things but I ca n't imagine him ever finishing with someone . |
| 18 | I think the way in which they organize that side of things is quite brilliant . |
| 19 | As for toilet facilities , I have an earth closet so the lack of water does not affect that side of things . |
| 20 | She 'd been so busy with her own thoughts she 'd forgotten that side of things . |
| 21 | Do you still enjoy that side of things ? |
| 22 | Do n't worry though , the cops will sort out that side of things . |
| 23 | lot , they , they thought that lot was set below them , that the women had to sort that side of things out and they erm really set a great |
| 24 | She enjoys that side of things . |
| 25 | Paul had n't thought about that side of things . |
| 26 | ‘ Your job , that side of things . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah it 's , it 's surprising how many companies want to like leave that side of things to un |
| 28 | So what we have n't made any progress on beyond , on that side of things is erm if we do the coding over in Caernarvon , where that will be . |
| 29 | on that side of things ? |
| 30 | That side of things to actually get things completed . |