Example sentences of "[subord] people [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says if people had listen to the voices who were calling for him to be locked up then he would n't have had this chance to show an improvement . |
| 2 | It was thought that if people had to pay at the point of delivery then this might deter some people from using the service . |
| 3 | If people stopped to look at the borders alongside the house he would be perfectly charming ; if they did n't he would n't bother them . |
| 4 | The facade of the triangular wall supporting the roof was adorned with figures from classical mythology , so it was not long before people started referring to the loft space behind as the attic . |
| 5 | ‘ This year we had a not very encouraging spring , a busy-ish summer and a hideously bad autumn , ’ he says , as people rushed to buy before the government reimposed stamp duty at the end of August . |