Example sentences of "[verb] people [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the process check list erm again they 've identified the people on each erm and within that they 've actually nominated people to look at the land ownership which is the , on the ignored with their rider on the previous sheet . |
| 2 | On the way home Sally could feel people looking at her and wondered why . |
| 3 | The record ended just as she spoke and her voice caused people to stare at them . |
| 4 | The coat felt insufferably hot , she thought she had seen people looking at the coat with amusement , but there was nothing she could do . |
| 5 | It dates from the latter half of the nineteenth century when improvements in local passenger transport allowed people to reside at greater distances from their workplaces . |
| 6 | I take it that is a special bearing , I know she 's had people look at it , I 'm gon na try and suss out how far she 's got down that line as to having another source but I do n't think she has . |
| 7 | I 'd like people to look at my photos and feel good about themselves and want to do something beautiful themselves . |
| 8 | ‘ He hated people staring at him , ’ Shaffer told me . |
| 9 | Some say this is in fact useful because it keeps people busy at a time when , as we have seen , it is probably too painful to have time on your hands to sit and reflect . |
| 10 | ‘ We get people asking at the windows for mushy peas . |
| 11 | Well , I 'm not sure that 's correct , but anyway Mill thinks that these ideas local participation of jury service are ways of getting people involved at the highest practical level of participation . |
| 12 | Nod your head at him , Mr Pip , he 's completely deaf , but he likes to see people nod at him . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't like to see people getting at one another , picking at one another , sledging one another , ’ Richardson said . |
| 14 | The best time to see the Lakes he felt was not necessarily high summer , and he recommended people to come at all times of the year so that they might appreciate the great torrents of water after rain and misty light on cloudy days . |
| 15 | But you got people staring at you , you got people s coming up to you and saying , did n't you used to be Adam Faith ? |
| 16 | Her straw bonnet had a large brim which was usually turned back from her face , but today she did n't want people looking at her grief so she had tipped the brim down . |
| 17 | Because I did n't want , because I did n't want people laughing at me like everyone 's here laughing at you . |
| 18 | Unlike the adults , who are used to seeing people looking at them through the underwater viewing window , the baby could n't believe her eyes when she saw people under the water and kept going back down to have another look . |
| 19 | Richard asked suddenly , impelled by the curiosity that drives people to stare at and question the survivors of some calamity . |
| 20 | Would it not be far less expensive to increase the Home Help service to enable people to stay at home rather than go into care ? |
| 21 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |
| 22 | ‘ We would encourage people to look at their total income and their outgoings and work out if they can afford to take on new loans , ’ said Mr Adair . |
| 23 | We 'd really like the other one done by the tourist season because it 's the sort of thing to send people to look at |
| 24 | Is it having people looking at you or having to speak to a large crowd when you have never done that before ? |
| 25 | I said it too loudly and felt people looking at me . |
| 26 | ‘ Teleworking is the use of modern computer technology to allow people to work at home or at a local telecentre . |
| 27 | ‘ And I would never rest easy , knowing all that good money was thrown away on show , and to get people drunk at my funeral who owed me money , when I was livin' . |
| 28 | How do people arrive at conclusions about what is going on in a particular instance ? |
| 29 | Hospitality is the art of making people feel at home when you wish they were at home |
| 30 | Making people feel at home when you really wish they were . |