Example sentences of "people [Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew people who would borrow a video camera , especially if they were throwing a particular kind of party . |
| 2 | The people who would fly a Virgin airline were the same young , mobile , relatively affluent people who had been buying records by Virgin artists in Virgin record stores for years . |
| 3 | The kind of people who 'll order a guitar like this Manson will argue in reply that : ( a ) a production guitar will never have a handmade guitar 's combination of all the right bits with that extra edge of quality ; ( b ) it 's obviously better to go for a traditional design than some mutant battle-axe because you 're less likely to get sick of it and they 're a lot easier to customise further and there 's nothing better at fitting into virtually any style of music than an S-type or a T-type ; and ( c ) it 's their money , anyway . |
| 4 | There will always be people who 'll take a chance . |
| 5 | I think they did n't like a lot of bright light in the house in the fifties , er and of course before that and er now that people they 've got such good lighting in the offices where they work that they feel that , well they ca n't bear to poor lighting at home and yet there are still people who will watch a colour television with er no lights on in the room at all |
| 6 | There may be a particular group of people who will buy a company 's products ( eg it would be good business sense to open a stationer 's shop near a University , where there will be a lot of students ) . |
| 7 | And so this interest in marriage and this kind of fascination and you kn I think it would be very natural , I think , for a gay person to feel terribly envious of people who can create a family and er and this kind of fascination with babies . |
| 8 | She says we are looking for people who can pull a crowd as well as have a bit of fun . |
| 9 | I think that also that said to me at the point that there is , people need to er , be paid attendance because otherwise you deny people the opportunity to be able to stand for council , there , otherwise you are going to end up with those that are either rich or retired as the only people who can attend a council which , and therefore we must remember that and make sure those who want to have the opportunity to participate in local government are actually compensated for their , for their erm , for their work . |
| 10 | There must be lots of people who 'd like a lunch cooked once a week , or .. ’ |
| 11 | When Joe visits London , it is a failure because Pip is embarrassed by Joe 's manners and begins to think of him as common , he then begins to neglect his background and the people who used to mean a lot to him . |