Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had n't taken that opportunity I 'm sure I would never have done the things I later did in the refinery business . |
| 2 | That 's why I have a manager and people to do things for me , because some things I just do n't have time to do myself . |
| 3 | I reported them when I went up but whether there was any success in the things I just do n't know . |
| 4 | One of the things I most remember about 1971 was my favourite artist , Kenneth Noland , deciding that he wanted his annual income to pass through the million-dollar barrier . |
| 5 | ‘ There are some things I always feel men do better than women . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar . |
| 7 | There are things I specially like about living here , never you mind what they are , they 're just things I like . |
| 8 | This is the way I have learned to use my machine and although there are one or two things I still do n't quite understand , I feel that with a bit of determination and the help of your articles I am getting there . |
| 9 | Had I been a father in my early twenties I would have been dreadful because there were so many things I still wanted to do . ’ |
| 10 | I ca n't answer this question , because I was never without anything I needed — I have , however , done things I never dreamed of doing , like having a tv in my bedroom when the war broke out . |
| 11 | Jean added : ‘ I was doing things I never dreamed I would have done . |
| 12 | One of the things I really like about this Ovation is how it seems to be the ideal compromise , in terms of feel , between my ideal electric and acoustic guitars . |
| 13 | A couple of things I really need to get off my chest . |
| 14 | If you wished to borrow such things you instinctively made it clear that you intended no blasphemy . |
| 15 | There are some things you just keep your mouth shut about and one of those is when sex is n't much good . |
| 16 | But some things you just know will happen . |
| 17 | Or is it a long-term thing , something which will lead to the things you just said you wanted : the wife , the kids , the home ? ’ |
| 18 | Though the other fellow did say all the kind of things you just did say . ’ |
| 19 | A load of verbal abuse and the o other things you normally get ! |
| 20 | Training logs are one of those things you simply do or do n't take to . |
| 21 | No , cos it , eh , a , it 's one of those things you already know how to do it or you do n't , and he 's pretty good though , I , know I ca n't , I 've read the instructions and I put that one , that one loose in the bottom and this one |
| 22 | There will undoubtedly be things you already do well , that no longer require any conscious effort on your part . |
| 23 | Make a mental note of the things you find are most important to you and also of the things you habitually do that could perhaps go without too much hardship because they are not an essential part of your well-being and happiness . |
| 24 | I reminded her about the things she said last night — the things you apparently overheard , so you say — and she now realises she was quite wrong to say those things , even if they were supposed to be some kind of joke … and … she is sorry for saying them because she now understands that those careless words of hers were what basically caused the misunderstanding . ’ |
| 25 | Each year the GHS asks ‘ in the 14 days prior to interview have you had to cut down on any of the things you usually do ( about the house/at work or in your free time ) because of illness or injury ? ’ |
| 26 | OVER 56 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE CLASH |
| 27 | It usually ends up like a cross between The Sun 's ‘ Things You Never Knew ’ column and The Times Literary Review . |
| 28 | Flashback F M rewinds to December nineteen eighty three , from three meet former radio four Today presenter John Timpson with another of his wacky books which takes him all over the country looking at the unusual including some of the things you never knew existed in North Yorkshire . |
| 29 | and er these are things you never forget you know . |
| 30 | Now , write down the things you definitely know you do not like to do for exercise . |