Example sentences of "thing that [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I let your white flesh and your skinny body and your blond hair blot out things that would have made me shudder at home . |
| 2 | She was n't mean about it , she was very grateful to have someone to talk to and I used to try to spend a lot of time with her just to cheer her up — you know , walk the dog with her and go shopping — just do all the things that would help . |
| 3 | It took people a long time to understand that Education had a much broader view on Channel 4 , and that many of the things that would elsewhere have been informational , or features or factual , would actually find a home in my lot , rather than in Liz 's . |
| 4 | They discovered that there were lots of things that would make the ‘ wrong ’ sort of leaf develop . |
| 5 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 6 | If he did have designs on her , and a plan to marry Mr Eddie Hogan 's daughter and thereby marry into the business , then why was he saying all the things that would irritate and upset her ? |
| 7 | The three chief contenders for the leadership of the Socialist Party , when the ailing Andreas Papandreou hands it over , all tell you sensible things that would have got them drummed out of the party ten years ago . |
| 8 | Also , real contexts such as wars or urban riots provide innumerable examples of ‘ ordinary ’ people doing things that would be unimaginable of them in more conventional contexts . |
| 9 | I try and make women 's history clearer , because obviously they 've done history A level so they 've probably learnt about wars and all the male sort of things , so what women were doing and thinking and the way in which that has been suppressed ; as much as possible I like to teach by not putting very much of what I think across but trying to get other people to produce it … also encouraging them to share as an experience and personal responses and talking about things one would n't normally talk about in the department , the emotional side of things , in quotes ‘ irrational ’ , ‘ intuitive ’ and all of that , and valuing that … try and make it a space where people can say whatever they want to say ; I suppose value things that would not be valued elsewhere . |
| 10 | Good and happy things that would not cause her heartache . |
| 11 | Strong plastics , instructive building toys , things that would save women trouble . |
| 12 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 13 | A mish mash of cut-ups , loops and pounding , industrial instrumentation provides an uneasy base behind which singer Bliss Blood ( yes , her real name ! ) weaves her matter-of-fact tracts on bondage , desire and things that would be better off locked safely away . |
| 14 | And other things that would seem basic , like modes of transport , communication centres , systems of commerce or cultural interaction . |
| 15 | Noel 's Christian socialism saw the kingdom of God as the coming state of mankind on earth , the crown of social evolution , intended by God from the very beginning of creation and the outcome of the teaching of his son , Jesus Chrismatos ; if only mankind would listen , and practise the things that would lead to it . |
| 16 | Associations with bells or illuminated disks are rather artificial , but they are intended to be experimental versions of things that would be important in nature . |
| 17 | They refused to examine particular complaints or cases , did not examine branch files and did not interview rank-and-file officers ; in other words , they did none of the things that would have had to be done to get at the truth . |
| 18 | Perhaps she said things that would have been better left to silence . |
| 19 | Robyn entered the tiny shop and bought at random , grabbing anything that was familiar — an odd assortment of things that would sustain her with the least amount of effort , paying her money to the assistant vaguely , absent-mindedly . |
| 20 | A death is always exciting , always makes you realise how alive you are — how vulnerable but so-far-lucky , but the death of somebody close gives you a good excuse to go a bit crazy for a while and do things that would otherwise be inexcusable . |
| 21 | A mish mash of cut-ups , loops and pounding , industrial instrumentation provides an uneasy base behind which singer Bliss Blood ( yes , her real name ! ) weaves her matter-of-fact tracts on bondage , desire and things that would be better off locked safely away . |
| 22 | That he has books , videos etc to do — lots of things that would take 30 years to do . |
| 23 | The idea of tiny changes cumulated over many steps is an immensely powerful idea , capable of explaining an enormous range of things that would be otherwise inexplicable . |
| 24 | Erm , first time , I think of some other things that would erm , would be considered in the light of influencing erm , got the power structure , it was important , approach and and you talk to your manager |
| 25 | Later she would agonise over all the might have beens , but now she had other things on her mind , things that would n't wait . |
| 26 | It must be true that Nanny was a liar and a trouble-maker because he could hear her saying all those terrible things that might cause Frankie to be taken away for ever . |
| 27 | There is now a general agreement that to perceive a three-dimensional object requires that one starts out with a set of models in one 's head of the kinds of things that might exist , and of what a 2-D image of them might look like , and that one should then test the actual images on one 's retina against these models . |
| 28 | Those things that might be done |
| 29 | She explained the sort of things that might be expected e.g. from practical help with the baby , shopping etc , to introducing the new mum to appropriate support groups . |
| 30 | Thank you for the little thoughts of avoiding the things that might upset me . |