Example sentences of "people [vb base] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only meant that not many people know anything about the old gods these days . ’ |
| 2 | The way people dispose themselves in the available space can also indicate , for example , their interpretation of the relative status of those present : for example , standing up when an important visitor enters the room . |
| 3 | As more people find themselves in the same position , men stop mocking each other for doing housework and mothers-in-law cease criticising their sons ' wives about going out to work . |
| 4 | People embrace him as an all-conquering hero , but they miss out the fact that a lot of native Americans were butchered along the way before old Whitey took over the country . |
| 5 | The people love us for the genuine American feel we bring to the business . |
| 6 | However , it is because Leavis provided a purpose for English that most people regard him as the central figure . |
| 7 | Since some people regard them as the ultimate madness and evil they deem it to be their moral right to break laws , mostly in a non-violent manner , as a form of protest . |
| 8 | Older people still regard America as a refuge ; younger people regard it as a new home . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |
| 11 | People see me in a certain way at school , as someone outspoken and good at English ; then they see me with my head covered , and suddenly they seem to be thinking : submissive . |
| 12 | I think other people see you as a second class citizen . |
| 13 | She might have taken on a job as a waitress for the summer , but she was damned if she was going to let people treat her like a mindless robot because of it . |
| 14 | ‘ A lot of the record , ’ Rowland sighs , ‘ is about other people 's perceptions of you and how if enough people treat you in a certain way that 's what you become after a while . |