Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] such things " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I was a person who believed in such things … ’ |
| 2 | I would n't do it now because I , ever since that , that woman was on the train was stabbed and thrown out , I would n't go alone on holidays now but in those days , well maybe I was a lot , course I was younger then but you never heard of such things |
| 3 | He certainly talked about such things , defended them against some of their critics ; but his business , what engrossed him and what he knew well , was the school . |
| 4 | They confessed to such things as being in league with foreign powers , sabotaging economic projects , poisoning the workers food , causing railways accidents and plotting to assassinate Stalin . |
| 5 | They knew about such things in Russia . |
| 6 | Masha Cohen also knew of such things , not in the same way , but from her own very different experiences as a young girl whose family had been harassed and hounded in the anti-semitic agitations that rent Poland . |
| 7 | They looked at such things as whether if then relationships between clauses were present or absent , and also changed the order of several sentences . |
| 8 | ‘ In those days , ’ said Lorraine , ‘ when she was a small child , nobody spoke about such things much . |
| 9 | In casual encounters with neighbourhood police while on the beat , members of the public complained of such things as the life-style of next-door neighbours , noisy traffic , and parked lorries . |
| 10 | She and Liz , over supper together , often spoke of such things . |
| 11 | Where I came from no one spoke of such things . |
| 12 | He encouraged us also to get more involved in equine matters , considering the potential Ireland had for such things . |