Example sentences of "[vb past] of [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only I heard of stranger 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 | They talked of many things . |
| 4 | ‘ Before dinner on that fatal night , ’ said Gwendolen between sniffs , ‘ we talked of many things . |
| 5 | ’ ‘ Will you give me your word you 'll sign ? ’ he asked ; and when I replied ‘ Yes ’ , we talked of other things . |
| 6 | During the meal , as if by mutual consent , they talked of other things , but it was difficult . |
| 7 | We talked of other things . |
| 8 | However , I thought too much excitement was not good for him , so I talked of other things , and made him laugh a little . |
| 9 | They talked of other things as they approached Blacklion , parts of Ireland they both knew , the parts they liked the best . |
| 10 | Afterwards , alone with Berdichev and Douglas , he talked of minor things , concealing his pleasure that his scheme had their sanction and — more important — their financial backing . |
| 11 | They talked of interesting things ; ship-building , the invasion of England , cannon , the path newly discovered west to the Indies , chess , dogs , the king 's mistress . |
| 12 | Above Dorothea 's head , six new , blue mugs hung on six newly-erected hooks , for Florence Ames thought of all things and was constantly suggesting improvements — not that she insisted upon them or took anything in hand , only looked and suggested and then left the idea to be considered , accepted or rejected . |
| 13 | I thought of other things ; a fast hockey-match , an adventure story , the problems in a game of chess , a field of snowdrops and crocus in springtime , the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven and as many other happy subjects as I could conjure up . |
| 14 | One thing that he did make very clear at the end was that if we thought of other things that he should know about , or it would be helpful for him to know about , we should contact him , so he 's left it very open for us to have an ongoing contact which I thought . |
| 15 | I thought of several things to say to him , but nothing sounded right . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They spoke of indifferent things , but her mind , resenting too tight a control , kept whining away with its own questions . |
| 19 | She and Liz , over supper together , often spoke of such things . |
| 20 | Where I came from no one spoke of such things . |
| 21 | Instead the orbs had sunk back and there was a darkness to the face , a suppressed despair , even an agitation that spoke of tedious things , so unlike those experiences we had laughed over in the past . |
| 22 | We only spoke of happy things … ’ |
| 23 | The combination of the words and the music of this hymn could unfailingly elevate her to a state of rapt and ferocious ambition and desire ; she pictured , even at a most tender age , not the pearly gates and crystal walls and golden towers of some heavenly city , but some truly terrestrial paradise , where beautiful people in beautiful houses spoke of beautiful things . |