Example sentences of "[det] thing [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some things change their size and shape as they grow . |
| 2 | Erm give him that on a calculator , some things add one , |
| 3 | Some things have it , and others lack it , and the things which have it have it in different degrees . |
| 4 | this thing tell you a number of holes . |
| 5 | A hyper-sensitive fellow , such things cause him great and needless upset but to the rest of the band , it is largely water off a duck 's back , and they are dutifully protective of their singer , as are many of the people working around the band . |
| 6 | So Andy does n't like any such thing do you And ? |
| 7 | You are young — you do n't know these things like we do . ’ |
| 8 | All these things make their own contribution and add up in a complex way . |
| 9 | If all three of these things make us explore new territories of the imagination , the flight of ten blue-lined Steps which rise to a pinnacle in the room next door is another matter all together . |
| 10 | All of these things make it difficult to sustain a viable alternative scheme . |
| 11 | These things take their toll . |
| 12 | These things mean something different to each one of us but they are central to the culture as a whole and central to our knowledge and fantasies about our own bodies . |
| 13 | One does not wish to appear in the role of kill-joy or pedant , but it really is true that these things lose their value enormously when they are used too much . |
| 14 | If these things happen we 'll say to our people : ‘ Give them a chance . |
| 15 | Until these things happen we are opposed to any new licences being sold to oil companies by the Government . |
| 16 | When these things hit you there 's not much you can do about them . ’ |
| 17 | There are some , he continued , ‘ so deranged , not only in religion but who in all things reveal their monstrous nature , that they will say that the sun does not move , and that it is the earth which shifts and turns . ’ |
| 18 | That comforting ‘ usual ’ audience are the connoisseurs of all things cool who make up the heaving Dingwall 's audience on any Sunday afternoon . |
| 19 | He is a universal being and is therefore above the pettiness of deception ; he loves all things and he knows all things love him . |
| 20 | ‘ Within the universe all things have their opposite : when there is the Yin , there is the Yang ; where there is goodness , there is evil . ’ |
| 21 | The one thing that really , apar , well not the one thing , many things irritate me about the programme , but one of them is that they get people on so you 've got someone choosing who lives in Edinburgh choosing someone who lives down in Plymouth |
| 22 | Have you noticed how many things stop you from painting ? |
| 23 | The woman said , more to herself than to him , ‘ How many things do you think I can do at once . |
| 24 | Very few of us forget our names , our addresses , our birthdays or the names of our children — because those things interest us . |
| 25 | Cos they do n't think of those things do they ? |
| 26 | The boat , you ca n't use it much because erm they every thing , they do n't give you any thing do they ? |
| 27 | Yeah , you do n't want to do n't miss out on any thing do you ? |