Example sentences of "thing [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large and unmistakable clay phallus for insertion in a wall is one of the first things to greet us as we enter the exhibition . |
| 2 | So I I I mean , but I do n't know whether to take it today or you know because she 'll get a lot of things given her today . |
| 3 | Two things made him slow down as he came to the entrance . |
| 4 | Anyway , having experienced these things made him able to appreciate times like the present . |
| 5 | Essentially , the bisexual Bessie was the Madonna of her day , the Queen Of The Blues , the Empress Of Erotica , her ‘ Empty Bed Blues ’ providing a catalogue of lovers who had satisfied her sexually , while ‘ Foolish Man Blues ’ found her musing about homosexuality : ‘ There 's two things got me puzzled , there 's two things I do n't understand/That 's a mannish-acting woman and a skipping , twistin' woman-acting man . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | All of these things make it difficult to sustain a viable alternative scheme . |
| 8 | If you add that to the er problems that the government has created for this County , as with other County Councils , then the two things make it quite impossible for us to continue with a capital programme as we would like . |
| 9 | Dab them all with these Rentokil things to kill them . |
| 10 | Because there are so many things to see we have programmes designed for those who like to travel around , including five splendid coach tours . |
| 11 | ‘ We are trying to pull things together but certain things trigger it all off again , ’ said Robert . |
| 12 | Did your woolly things fit you , yours , this ? |
| 13 | Wayne has far more things to obsess him than himself . |
| 14 | with all things considered we did a lot did n't we ? |
| 15 | ‘ I was suffering from a virus and was n't really fit , so all things considered I had to be happy with my performance , ’ he said . |
| 16 | All things considered he 'd rather they 'd got rich , like William 's mum . |
| 17 | A few things nettled her : she did not relish being a clearing house for family complaints , for instance , and was carefully reticent on such occasions . |
| 18 | Experience had taught him that it was when you stopped to catch your breath that things caught you . |
| 19 | When things grow they change . |
| 20 | Two things stopped me . |
| 21 | That 's given me all sorts of things has it ? |
| 22 | Very few of us forget our names , our addresses , our birthdays or the names of our children — because those things interest us . |
| 23 | Have you noticed how many things stop you from painting ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Alexandra 's reluctance to descend from her tower , Iskandara 's lameness as she negotiated the stone stairs to her sitting-room , fiercely beating off all help with her stick ; both these things delayed them . |
| 26 | The proximity of all these things amazed me , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I do n't feel like you 're under pressure to do things do you ? |
| 28 | My whole dependence is upon Mr. Belville , and I have a near view of being provided with a living by his favour but I will risk all things to serve you . |
| 29 | Manufacturers , flushed with success over their pink fluffy man campaign , and greedy with the realisation that they can make hill-walkers wear anything as long as it 's described as a technological breakthrough , are sitting in their factories dreaming up new and more ridiculous things to sell us . |
| 30 | But when she saw these things written they seemed , and were , stale , deja-vu , derivative . |