Example sentences of "of [adj] people [verb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Devil 's spawn , black hearts with rhythm in their souls who jeer at the weaknesses of little people unfit to lick the dirt from their boots . |
| 2 | The Devil 's spawn , black hearts with rhythm in their souls who jeer at the weaknesses of little people unfit to lick the dirt from their boots . |
| 3 | Understandably , there is a shortage of good people wanting to join the profession ; and the strikes of 1985–7 did nothing to improve the status of school teachers in the public esteem . |
| 4 | The N.D.D.S. had , however , shown , albeit briefly , how a nationwide organisation for deaf people could be beneficial , and a number of determined people resolved to continue the fight to establish another body . |
| 5 | A dedicated group of local people determined to reconstruct the garden and were able to acquire the whole property when the bus station moved . |