Example sentences of "it [to-vb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | The editor of Les Colonies , however , seized on this statement , and in an editorial in the very last issue his paper was ever to publish , tried to use it to encourage people to stay in St Pierre . |
| 2 | If your dog shows signs of behaving in this fashion then you will need to train it to ignore people who come close to the car . |
| 3 | We simply did it to amuse people . |
| 4 | They do it to test people , to see how far they can push you . |
| 5 | Thus , for example , it may make sense to have an integrated commuter rail service and inner-city subway , and to subsidize it to prevent people driving through congested streets ; but only a local government embracing both the suburbs and the inner city is likely to get close to the efficient policy . |
| 6 | But they can use it to hurt people too . ’ |