Example sentences of "of many things " in BNC.
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| 1 | They talked of many things . |
| 2 | As the fable continues , it tells of family visits to York and Malham and of how the child grew up in understanding of many things . |
| 3 | ‘ Then one day a learned educationist visited the island and met the boy and was astonished at his understanding of many things and at the knowledge which he had developed round these things , and the educationist said to himself how wonderful it would be if every child in the land had the learning which this boy had built around the simple experiences which he had had with the bees , pigeons , flowers , vegetables , forestry and visits to York and Malham . |
| 4 | The water trough can then be a peaceful place where children make social contact with other children and adults and talk of many things . |
| 5 | Sometimes I think you suspect me of many things . |
| 6 | We talk of many things , have no secrets from each other . |
| 7 | Your body is capable of many things . |
| 8 | It has to do with the perfect fusion of many things : the refinement and effortless muscularity of the six-cylinder and V8 engines ; the harmonious balance of the springing and damping ; the flawless construction ; the quality of interior appointments ; the strength of the body shell ; the grace of the body line . |
| 9 | People typically watched a bit of many things instead of sticking rigidly to films or sport or news . |
| 10 | Sometimes when he was drunk , and sometimes when he was partly sober , he talked to the Rat of many things the boy would otherwise never have heard of . |
| 11 | And if it did happen , your physical health could be just the first of many things you lose , that you take for granted now . |
| 12 | He was glad to have met the Collector again , but he had the uncomfortable feeling of many things left unsaid . |
| 13 | I wrote work instead of word ; the analyst would deduce from this , that I am lazy , and admittedly he would be right — I have dreamt of many things both by day and by night . |
| 14 | ‘ She is proud and wise and speaks with authority of many things . |
| 15 | ‘ Before dinner on that fatal night , ’ said Gwendolen between sniffs , ‘ we talked of many things . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ he said finally , helping her to walk with Matey 's assistance , ‘ I have heard of the ladies ’ sewing circle accused of many things , but never of bringing on a swoon . |
| 17 | I am afraid of many things ; that we will run out of petrol , that we will get lost amidst the velvety nowhere , that my slug of an engine will give way at last and abandon us to our own feebleness . |
| 18 | I have been accused of many things , but never of being a papal legate . |
| 19 | THE TIME HAS COME , a young girl said , to talk of many things : of shoes and ships and sealing wax , of cabbages and kings . |