Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | She attracts much more of a following than previous Indian imports , partly because she encourages people to keep their jobs rather than dropping out to live in a commune . |
| 2 | It 's what she thinks people are for . |
| 3 | She thinks people who are clean-shaven look much smarter . |
| 4 | The pronouncement of big statements is anathema to Juliana because she feels her point of view changes from time to time and she 's afraid of saying too much in case she alienates people , but she does admit to finding life in America ‘ scary ’ at the moment . |
| 5 | ‘ When she behaves like a Sharina , she blames people 's dislike of her on being a foreigner , ’ sighed Jane . |
| 6 | She says people should look up to men of the cloth , and she 's told the vicar he 's a disgrace to his profession . |
| 7 | She says people will get the idea they can get off lightly . |
| 8 | She employs people also to help cook or prepare the meals and also she employs people to wash up . |
| 9 | She employs people also to help cook or prepare the meals and also she employs people to wash up . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps she hopes people will see what they want to , ’ Benjamin replied , ‘ any change detected being dismissed as fanciful or due to the work of the embalmers . ’ |
| 11 | I just like know she helps people in Calcutta and helps the poor in |
| 12 | They did the opposite , as usually happens when she tells people to do things . |
| 13 | She speaks out , she lets people know what 's happening . |
| 14 | She feels people in Scotland who have lost their jobs are not so eager to find work because wages are low , whereas in the States people are prepared to do two or three part-time jobs to support themselves . |
| 15 | And , unlike some animal lovers , she likes people . |
| 16 | I think I must be like my mother , she is always letting herself be interviewed , my father says its vulgar , but she likes it , she likes people coming to ask her questions about herself and how she makes coffee and who she his to dinner and what kind of paper she writes on , she says it makes her feel as though she really has got somewhere in her life . |
| 17 | She knows people and tried to dazzle me with names . |
| 18 | She knows people who 'll make good use of them , especially in this weather , ’ she said , and Anne felt even more ashamed that the thought had not occurred to her . |
| 19 | She says she knows people who need hip and elbow replacements . |
| 20 | well my sister had a go , she knows people you see , like Jenny 's |
| 21 | He hates people who do n't ‘ think things through ’ and he does it . |
| 22 | And apart from that he looks he hates people coming into church . |
| 23 | Oh , he hates people coming into church ? |
| 24 | I find newspaper bingo even more repulsive than the cinema-hall type , because it encourages people to read newspapers for the wrong reason . |
| 25 | I think it encourages people . |
| 26 | Do n't place a mirror over an open fire , it encourages people of all ages to stand too close . |
| 27 | Using a democratic structure of rotating the roles of therapist and patient , it encourages people to express previous hurts in ways they might have done as children if that had been allowed . |
| 28 | So it encourages people even more does n't it ? |
| 29 | It isolates the experience of misery and it domesticates people 's anger . |
| 30 | ‘ So many people agree with others for the sake of it but Eric ca n't do that and he has to tell the truth and say what he 's feeling even if that is ‘ no ’ and it upsets people . |