Example sentences of "people [vb base] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the people round about would tug at her and shout , ‘ Sit down , Missus ! ’ |
| 2 | Photographic memories apart , most people forget about 50% of what they 've read within minutes of putting the book down , and 80% of it within twenty-four hours . |
| 3 | People jump about for a bit but then having offered you |
| 4 | Slowly , painstakingly , these people set about preserving and promoting Poland 's folk-life , while attempting to assimilate Polish szlachta culture and cultural values for themselves . |
| 5 | Before going further let us dispose of one standard excuse that usually crops up when people talk about time pressures . |
| 6 | How how did people feel about , because well if you read read Alan Alan book , then he 's criticized very strongly as being too militant , and r well really Cri preferred to him . |
| 7 | There are other ways in which people go about recognizing socially this significant event in their lives . |
| 8 | So they reckon that after about ten minutes if people have n't been involved we have n't thrown out a question or something like that people start thinking about other things and there 's been actually a bit of er analytical research on this that shows that people think about three things after about ten minutes they just switch off . |
| 9 | If this is not the image that most people have about mental handicap hospitals it is because their concept of such places is founded on the attitudes toward mental handicap prevalent in society , and on various myths surrounding mental handicap which persist to this day . |
| 10 | One of the fear-filled fantasies that many people have about modern biology — genetic engineering — is the possibility of cloning identical people . |
| 11 | If we say , say twenty five percent , right mind you , you know these that most people have about a third to two thirds right |
| 12 | Er alder people have about that time , it 's important that and I think it is . |
| 13 | Most people need about three weeks of daily training to achieve a useful level of skill , but do n't stop at that point . |
| 14 | Some people need about half an hour to get them psychology prepared for it . |