Example sentences of "was [verb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | And all the time Nisodemus was reminding people how much better it had been in the Store . |
| 2 | Rather , the idea was to see people as simultaneously subject both to natural and instinctive drives while at the same time caught up in the various forms of culture and social relations which human societies construct in a more conscious way . |
| 3 | She said council was helping people by providing mortgages to those who would not normally qualify . |
| 4 | It seems to me clear that the main intention of the offer was to induce people interested in this kind of music to buy ( or perhaps get others to buy ) , chocolate which otherwise would not have been bought . |
| 5 | Presumably this was to enable people who had business in the vestry to light a candle when the grille door to the church was locked . |
| 6 | The role of his papers , he told me , was to shake people in key positions out of their ‘ colonialist attitudes ’ : too many of those in responsible positions had ‘ jumped into the shoes of the departing expatriate and taken over his whole approach to the job ‘ . |
| 7 | Colette McAuley , senior social worker at Loughside Unit of Management , said the aim of the conference was to inform people of the changes that have taken place since the 1989 Children 's Act was introduced in Britain and to discuss the implications of the draft Children ( NI ) Order . |
| 8 | The idea of the charter , launched on Monday at the Rockwell nature conservation area off Martindale Road , Darlington , was to inform people of the type of improvements the local authority would work towards . |
| 9 | ‘ He was n't interested in experience because the idea was to train people , ’ she explains . |
| 10 | He had n't seen copper trying to get him caught up , I wonder how much he was using mirror when he was overtaking people ? |
| 11 | ‘ At the end of the day he said all the IRA had achieved in Enniskillen was to pull people closer together . ’ |
| 12 | The idea was to encourage people to join a union — not ban them if they could n't . |
| 13 | We appointed some friendly stewards whose sole job was to encourage people from their point of arrival to their destination . |
| 14 | This deliberate government policy was to encourage people to live in the rural areas and ensure that their income was at least as high as that of the factory worker . |
| 15 | This was to encourage people to work through until their department moved and also so that R.S. left the impression of being a caring employer with those who chose redundancy . |
| 16 | It was urging people to join a group trying ‘ to prevent our countryside from being turned into a bloodbath for the amusement of the cruel and the wicked ’ . |
| 17 | As is often the case , the first thing the management planned to do was to eliminate people . |
| 18 | The radiography profession , for example , was seeking people who displayed tact and empathy ( College of Radiographers , 1985 ) and the audiology technician was required to have ‘ a sympathetic and understanding personality ’ ( British Society of Audiology , n.d . ) . |
| 19 | They thought that all they had to do was accommodate people . |
| 20 | In its classical form , the concept of liberal education was grounded in the doctrine of metaphysical realism : that there was a Reality , that that Reality could be known , and that the purpose of education was to lead people towards that knowledge . |
| 21 | A sailor nearby — he was pushing people into the hold as if he was packing meat — called out to her . |
| 22 | Joe was scattering people like a runaway truck . |
| 23 | Well , cos it was in town , it was nearer to shops , and erm I 'd heard that keeping Balloon Woods ' flats warm was costing people a hell of a lot of money . |
| 24 | A priest warned mourners the orgy of death currently sweeping Northern Ireland was leading people into an abyss of darkness and emptiness. — PA |
| 25 | ‘ The creative use of leisure ’ sociologists called it and it worried them badly that fret-work and bird-watching might be all there was to fulfil people after pressing the buttons at the fully-automatic , atom-powered , closed-circuit-TV-monitored , computer-directed plant for a couple of four-hour shifts a week . |
| 26 | ‘ The aim of the seminars was to help people in leadership , especially teachers , to become aware of the advantages and potential of TV and video , as well as the hazards and limitations , ’ Fr Hannan said . |
| 27 | ‘ The aim of the seminars was to help people in leadership , especially teachers , to become aware of the advantages and potential of TV and video , as well as the hazards and limitations , ’ Fr Hannan said . |
| 28 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 29 | They claim that the reason Jesus taught in parables was to confuse people : |
| 30 | Jesus clearly believed that the main aim of the ( Old Testament ) scriptures was to point people to himself ; which means in practice ( if we add Luke 's evidence to John 's ) , that through repentance and faith men and women should find the forgiveness and life which he had died and risen to make possible for them . |