Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun sg] of things " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In some ways , ’ he said yesterday , ‘ Python does look very old-fashioned now , yet when I arranged a compilation of all 45 shows for the BBC I found that we had on the Not The Nine O ’ Clock News unintentionally pinched a number of things , putting the signature in the middle of the programme , parodying famous TV interviews . |
| 2 | We have done a number of things internally in the store which have also contributed to us going forward . |
| 3 | He 's done a lot of things . |
| 4 | You 've done a lot of things in your political — not to mention your private — life of which I doubt that you 're especially proud of . |
| 5 | We 've done a lot today you know we 've done a lot of things about fractions and a lot of things about adding , subtracting , times , sharing quite a lot . |
| 6 | Well , erm , the answer there is that , I think we 've done a lot of things for carers who are concerned with children . |
| 7 | He 's also done a lot of things with his |
| 8 | Sheila Cooper has prepared a sheet of things to colour or do related to the theme of the Sunday Mass . |
| 9 | Sheila Cooper has prepared a sheet of things to colour or do related to the theme of the Sunday Mass . |
| 10 | ‘ But I admit that I 've said a lot of things in the deliberate hope of hurting or humiliating you , and that was one of them . ’ |
| 11 | It is easy to sympathise with a traveller who writes : ‘ I have seen a quantity of things here — churches , palaces , statues , fountains and pictures ; and my brain is at the moment like the portfolio of an architect , or a print-shop , or a common-place book . ’ |
| 12 | I think she must have seen a lot of things at that time which had made her the way she was , seen things in the blackout and in the underground stations . |
| 13 | ‘ I have seen a lot of things in my life , Elizabeth Burrows , but I never thought to see this . |
| 14 | I 'm not really computer literate , I 've probably made a botch of things , and will most certainly use incorrect terminology ; please forgive ! |
| 15 | Finally , if the model is low and slow and you think you have made a mess of things , remember that ‘ chickening out ’ and switching off the ‘ hold ’ will probably just produce a more expensive crash ! |
| 16 | ‘ Oh dear , Riley , we have made a mess of things , have n't we ? ’ said Linley unkindly . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sorry I nearly made a mess of things . ’ |
| 18 | None of them has made a hash of things like the British government . |
| 19 | I 've got a couple of things to do . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've got a couple of things to do , first . |
| 21 | I 've got a couple of things . |
| 22 | I 've got a couple of things I 'd really like to mention if no-one else has got anything . |
| 23 | As I mentioned in the chapter on ‘ Teachers ’ , the Bible has got a lot of things to say about how we get on with other people . |
| 24 | It does make it worse and if you 've got a lot of things that you 're supposed to be doing , you just think well I ca n't do all of them . |
| 25 | I 've got a I 've got a lot of things to talk about so |
| 26 | But he said he 's got a lot of things to go through before he |
| 27 | Oh I have got a lot of things . |
| 28 | Oh well I 've got a lot of things to tell you . |
| 29 | Oh , why do n't you make what you 've got cos you 've got a lot of things to make at the moment , and then come back and choose another time , hm . |
| 30 | Well you 've got a lot of things to do and as I say erm , I thought I 'll only go for half an hour , but I did n't really come |