Example sentences of "things that [noun] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One manager who tried out the forms says ‘ They helped us attend to the little things that parents do without thinking , like making sure children have had their immunisations and following them up if they 're missed . |
| 2 | Th there is erm a study going on to do with something called the British National Corpus which I do n't quite know what that 's about but they they want er samples of the sort of things that lecturers do in lecture theatres . |
| 3 | They spoke of the Europe they remembered , of Christmases in Scotland and Holland , of their different childhood memories and all the things that adults talk about on a sentimental occasion like Christmas Eve . |
| 4 | Well listen , is it is it just hairpieces that look funny you 've got something against , or have you got something against all sorts of things that men put on their heads ? |
| 5 | They are novels in which the main characters debate topical social and economic issues as well as fall in and out of love , marry and have children , pursue careers , make or lose their fortunes , and do all the other things that characters do in more conventional novels . |
| 6 | ‘ Things that people say in interviews , I 've noticed that their lyrics are a process of self analysis and that 's quite an introspective thing . |
| 7 | A sound currency is one of the things that people expect from a government that is working well . |
| 8 | Table 1 suggests some of the definitive things that people do with texts in the linguistics and literature community . |
| 9 | Er to come before two o'clock we 've got part three of the strange things that people do around Nottinghamshire to pass the time . |
| 10 | ‘ It was just one of those quirky , naughty , wild sort of drunken things that people do from time to time , ’ said Lowe . |
| 11 | Well I mean it 's often things that people do in their spare time the , the record keeping is n't perfect and , and |