Example sentences of "[verb] people [vb base] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To tempt people further to sample their journal , Cross & Cockade are offering FlyPast enquirers a free copy . |
| 2 | Obviously , we that right , people will still move if unemployment 's high , but if you try , if the government tries and gets rid of unem urban unemployment , say people have moved because of it , so there 's unemployment there to start with because of the reasons we 've discussed earlier , so then the government said okay , well let's get rid of the unemployment that has occurred already , by erm , either , at the same wage rate trying to well yes , the same , they 'll keep wage rates the same , but erm , increase , you know , make the public sector bigger or , or do something to create urban jobs , and basically all it will do is , encourage more migrants because they 'll see the probability of getting a job will increase so the expected wage will increase so you 'll get migration on top of what 's already occurring . |
| 3 | I expect people stop demonstrating for all sorts of reasons : age , infirmity , clashing responsibilities , or sheer apathy . |
| 4 | The three grown people stand looking down on the sleeping infant whose soft breathing seems to have spread the tawny bloom over its ivory skin . |
| 5 | In order to make decisions ageing people have to view the future in a way which allows them an active and influential part in their own lives . |
| 6 | That bit about the sea boiling — what do the met people have to say ? ’ |
| 7 | Rees Jones says people have told him that this is a golf course for intellectuals … which means you have to think everytime you a play a shot and that 's what he set out to create |
| 8 | I 've been on the other end I 've had people come sell it for to me . |
| 9 | I 've had people try to put one over on me many times , and let me tell you , gentlemen , few people succeed . |
| 10 | ‘ Racing people do have flexible hours , ’ he observed , ‘ and they mostly have free afternoons . ’ |
| 11 | Oh yeah , yeah so let's hope people get rid quick knowing when and how |
| 12 | I know people keep saying oh we 'll do it for you but |
| 13 | And it 's frightening because I know people die waiting for a transplant . |
| 14 | I know people have written saying that I look like a nun , or could have been a nun , but that 's the last thing I would want to be . |
| 15 | You know people have worried over this car . |
| 16 | It 's , it 's much better now er erm , you know people have become a little more understanding of course . |
| 17 | You know I mean , you know people have got these beautiful big houses like Lacydere Well this is worth two hundred you know hundred and eighty five it 's got ta be . |
| 18 | You do try and use them through that , and try and make them more confident in themselves , they 're you know people do accept this a lot more today , than they used to , erm and you know they need n't feel quite so self conscious . |
| 19 | Erm , you know people do say these things about computer codes . |
| 20 | You ca n't beat a wet shave I find I find I mean people have said that oh having a wet shave makes my face sore and things like that . |
| 21 | Well it sounds blissful , but of course I mean a lot of terrible things happen in the name of love including crimes , crimes of passion as there romantically called in France , I mean people have killed for love , yes . |
| 22 | He says I suspect it 's a good idea in a romantic idealist world — it 's probably not a realist option — I mean people do move about in cars nowadays . |
| 23 | Why , he asked , should a man with an instant high profile platform in the House of Lords be allowed to use a TV channel while other less well placed people queue to voice their views . |
| 24 | Why , he asked , should a man with an instant high profile platform in the House of Lords be allowed to use a TV channel while other less well placed people queue to voice their views . |
| 25 | Until fairly recently I do n't think people have understood the design process or what it can do for the success of their companies . |
| 26 | To a large extent , however , Wright thinks people tend to refresh each other . |
| 27 | Mr Phillips said : ‘ We have 13 areas in and around the city that travelling people have started to use . |
| 28 | I find people do tend to put a quite a lot do , put a telephone voice on . |
| 29 | I suppose people prefer to wait until most of the audience has gone . |
| 30 | I suppose people have got used to bringing me their queries , to some extent , " said Richard , going into their cabin to take off his black shoes and put on a pair of red leather slippers , which , like all his other clothes , never seemed to wear out . |