Example sentences of "people [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed sometimes this spirit of God comes to specific people to endow them for a particular task . |
| 2 | It 's normally a place for quiet reflection in the midst of the commercial centre of Edinburgh , but this morning it 's full of books – boxes and boxes of them wherever you look – and people sorting them for the annual Christian Aid Book Sale . |
| 3 | The people love us for the genuine American feel we bring to the business . |
| 4 | A thing of great beauty , it was not unusual to hear sharp intakes of breath as people beheld it for the first time . |
| 5 | At one time in the recent past , willow-pattern plates and dishes were very popular , but did people buy them for the sad story of the elopement they depicted , or only because they were fashionable at the time ? |