Example sentences of "thing that [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say and do things that shock me . ’ |
| 2 | And the big , one of the big things that affected us in the last few years was er Dallas . |
| 3 | Erm , one of the things that depresses me , is probably the main thing that depresses me is not being valued for what I am or what I do and I think many women suffer from depression because their strengths and their creativity are not recognised and valued . |
| 4 | And in order to write about those things that upset him he would have to think about them . |
| 5 | Things that upset them could be an uninvited intruder through the cat flap , a row with another cat , even the arrival of a new three-piece suite . |
| 6 | Do n't be afraid to ask questions , to talk about things that upset you . |
| 7 | Alcohol and the smell of cauliflowers were the only two things that worried her . |
| 8 | Women seek to prove that they can perform equally with men , without , however , any allowances for those things that make them different , both physiologically and socially . |
| 9 | It simply refers to all the things the retailer does to look after the customers — the things that make them enjoy visiting that shop or store . |
| 10 | The little things that drive our family mad and the wonderful things that make them love us . |
| 11 | I do n't see the point of doing things that make it sound completely unlike a guitar . |
| 12 | As you start to think about the things that make you anxious you realize that the passage is telling you not to be anxious but to pray with thanksgiving ! |
| 13 | Several things that make you think that there 's no one in there . |
| 14 | That things remain unconscious , not because you never knew about them , but because they 're never brought into the relevant connections with other things that make you conscious of the thing in the sense of seeing what 's in it for Mrs you know , reports . |
| 15 | These are the things that make us afraid , and we build ourselves secure places so as that we ca n't or do n't have any need to be afraid . |
| 16 | Some of their comments , it 's like the untutored eye , they pick out things that surprise you because you 've got so used to a particular manner of approaching images , that you forget that there are other ways of doing it . |
| 17 | This respect is summed up by a quote in In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman : ‘ You know , one of the things that strikes me most about McDonald 's is their people orientation . |
| 18 | Let me just it 's nothing special , it 's only a circle , but if you were to take that for a , as , as an example if you like as a picture of God 's purposes for us , you see the circle is , is , geometrical it 's , it 's , it 's perfect , there is nothing that is odd about it , there is nothing er , there 's no difference about it , it is perfect and that was God 's purpose and God 's plan for you and for me , that our , that our time , our being should be perfect in , in harmony with him , you think of all the things in your life personally , and then think of all the things in the , in the life of your com of our community , those things that mar it , those things that spoil it , those things that stop today be the perfect day for you that 's not God 's purpose for you they 've all come as a product , a direct result of sin , it was n't how God intended it , it was n't how God made it , his plan , his purpose for you and for me was to live and to dwell together with him in perfect harmony for ever , and there |
| 19 | And what we in fact the the reason we tell people everything on the phone Ron is that there are some things that pen I did have one here , |
| 20 | Break themself from all those things that hold them and that captivate them and hold their interest . |
| 21 | Things that took her back to when she was young . |
| 22 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 23 | And , you 've got your working day to keep you busy and all the other things that keep you |
| 24 | I do n't think humans want to know things that disturb them . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But there are some things that disturb me . |
| 26 | I mean is this being true to yourself and letting yourself down and you know not saying what you feel you should 've said erm perhaps now I wan na talk about one area in particular and that is this thing about you know submissiveness it seems that most people look at things that disturb you either as submissive or aggressive . |
| 27 | Apathy is an extreme feeling that we no longer have control over our lives or the things that sweep us along . |
| 28 | which only takes four wheelchairs and of course there 's the drivers of , of the minibus things that bring them . |
| 29 | One of the things that surprised me when I first read the New Testament seriously was that it was always talking about a Dark Power in the universe — a mighty evil spirit who was held to be the Power behind death and disease , and sin . |
| 30 | When I joined the Partisans , among other things that surprised me was this endless attention to the arms : their constant cleaning , oiling , polishing . |