Example sentences of "and [verb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is simple : communities with high unemployment and economic depression can be turned around if the companies that operate in those communities can be persuaded to become involved in them , invest in them , and train and recruit people from within them . |
| 2 | Hardly the way to win friends and influence people , ’ she replied , pouting prettily . |
| 3 | Neither gentleman is likely to be pleased ; this is not the way to make friends and influence people . |
| 4 | For the upwardly mobile Thai or Malaysian businessman , the golf course is the place to win friends and influence people . |
| 5 | ( He still possesses the tattered paperbacks that inspired him as a trainee BP manager in the 1950s — Dale Carnegie 's How to Win Friends and Influence People and Lord Beaverbrook 's folksy handbook to success , Do n't Trust to Luck . ) |
| 6 | My Dave may be a bit short on mouth control , he may talk too much , he may not know how to make friends and influence people … ’ |
| 7 | As much as possible of the message should be contained in the medium : as Marshall McLuhan pointed out , the ability of advertising to convey a message and influence people is due to success in achieving this . |
| 8 | Francis was n't the sort to make friends and influence people but I ca n't believe that anybody would want to murder him . ’ |
| 9 | The virtue referred to is the love of honour in a man , and the ‘ outward favor ’ is the outward appearance of Brutus , so Cassius manages to weave sentences into his conversation which flatter and influence people , even if they are unaware of it . |
| 10 | Was it when we started to feel just a little grown-up , and asked people Round To Dinner ? |
| 11 | We presented both types of sentence in two parts and asked people to judge as quickly as possible whether the because clause was a sensible continuation of the main clause . |
| 12 | Then his wife died on the trek and he and his daughter walked into India and asked people everywhere — Did they know where Padre Appleton was ? until at last he tracked us down to Poona . |
| 13 | The same actor then changed into the clothes of a labourer and asked people the same question , with the same wording . |
| 14 | One day a young , moustached British officer arrived in a jeep and asked people in the village where I lived . |
| 15 | er sale occurred when they went through the electrical register and asked people who lived in flats whether they wanted a green cone , they did n't even have a garden , let alone a window box but nevertheless erm I the green cone extends ought to be reported on , ought to be encouraged and such like because it is the individual person who is going to recycle using their own garden in their own small way as opposed to transporting the stuff maybe to a waste tip and such like where it has to be dealt with at a an expensive way and if a the best part of the expense of dealing with waste of course is actually to transport and transport throughout the roads and if you do it in your own gardens so much the better and I , I , I should like to er and taking part in the green cone experiment er further experiments like that whereby the individual person is encouraged to do it . |
| 16 | The last type of assistance which I shall discuss here is emotional and moral support , by which I mean listening , talking , giving advice , and helping people to put their own lives in perspective . |
| 17 | The FMLN has argued that , no matter what type of medicine one practises , if health knowledge , skills and resources are sold on the market as commodities this will necessarily limit access to health care , fragment and distort the nature of the health process , constrain the relation between health workers and users , and undermine people 's control over their health . |
| 18 | Rita Vail explains : ‘ They overcome the creasing problem and introduce people gently to the luxury of pure linen . |
| 19 | The stories of Creation , the rescue of the Hebrews from Egypt , the escaping journey , dry-shod through the Sea , the years of desert purification and then the gift of a rich and fertile homeland , exiles , prophets and wise people instructing and drawing people back to the faithful track , these start our Easter Feast . |
| 20 | I 'm used to talking to peo you know talking to people and drawing people out . |
| 21 | What I 'm , what I 'm trying to do is , is just er highlight er paths where they are , and , and , and drawing people 's attention to er to , to rights of way in the county , er obviously a lot of people probably would n't be , maybe people that 've just moved into the area , that sort of thing , people like myself who were n't too familiar with Oxfordshire before , er those sort of people probably would n't be aware without a book like this that there were a lot of paths on their doorstep , and some very pleasant countryside as well . |
| 22 | The ‘ world of work ’ varies substantially , through a complex of cultural arrangements for employing , rewarding , and disciplining people . |
| 23 | There is a deep wish to believe man is not basically destructive , as well as loving , and to see people as being naturally co-operative with one another . |
| 24 | The party developed various ploys to maintain its position , like acquiring its own experts and co-opting people with strong group links on to the Politburo . |
| 25 | There was a fraught silence , while Caroline wished fervently that the ground could indeed open and swallow people . |
| 26 | Judith Chegwidden , of Putney CLP , said a Labour government must be tough enough to face up to special interest groups and those , including herself , who had ‘ dangerous consumerist tendencies and want to own motor cars in urban areas — cars that pour out pollution and make people 's lives a misery ’ . |
| 27 | But they like to puzzle and tease and make people think , as well . |
| 28 | There is no doubt that it is easy for Monie to win friends and make people care about her . |
| 29 | ‘ At any moment , the audience could have thrown chairs at me , but I wanted to bring up one of our greatest fears and make people really laugh about it . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ My job is to go on stage and make people forget about their problems — I do n't want to tell them about mine . ’ |