Example sentences of "[adj] people [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I need different people to control those strategies . |
| 2 | Different people make more use or one sense than another : they may see more than they hear ; or they may feel more than they see , even though they have sight . |
| 3 | They are simply told to imagine that the adjectives had been used by 6 different people to describe another person , and to use these traits to form an impression of that imaginary person . |
| 4 | Different people did all these jobs . |
| 5 | With so many people eager to show their wares , the exhibition has been split , with different people showing each week . |
| 6 | Most English people have some small amount of French . |
| 7 | I mean , it 's like like Colin and I , I mean , like we 're happy but then , no were not hundred per cent happy at all , But like , er , like some people I ca n't if you get upset , some people eat more , some people eat less , or you know , some go into recluse , some get and like Colin , |
| 8 | The questions can be listed in rough under the headings ( some people put each question on a card to begin with ) and then they can be moved about so as to produce what seems to be a good ‘ flow ’ for the interview . |
| 9 | Some people put some of the responsibility for the growing youth unemployment on educational inadequacies , giving sustenance to the Manpower Services Commission 's bid to control low-level post-school education . |
| 10 | ( That some people lack these impulses is normally grounds for criticism ; we call them sadists , cruel , or , if it is by way of business , then merely hardened . ) |
| 11 | I 'm trying to explain to you that there was a different atmosphere about it , the whole situation , I know they were hard times , I know that some people had some really rough times but it did n't show very much , and when I come to think of all my parents ' friends I do n't remember anybody having a wife bashing episode or they all seemed to be very contented with their lot somehow except one , and that was a little bit dicey when I was a little kid , but the man died and the Observer the next week the er obituary notice was put in the paper and underneath they 'd got , with Christ which is far better and my father said and they she could n't have said anything better words |
| 12 | We knew that some people had more money than others , and some people had bigger houses than others , but consideration of status was something unknown to us . |
| 13 | Some people felt that choosing as Queen Anne 's successor in 1714 a ruler from Germany , who might neglect British interests for the sake of his Electorate of Hanover , was already a warning that the British should be careful about any overseas entanglements . |
| 14 | Some people use this instinctively in their windsurfing in stronger winds and especially now that seat and waist harnesses are widely used . |
| 15 | However , the fact is that some people use this notion and that is more important than what it really is . |
| 16 | You have here twenty six tabbed alpha dividers , er , unless it 's going to create a problem they usually go A to Z. Erm , some people use this an alphabetical filing system . |
| 17 | ‘ Some people deserve all they get , do n't they , eh ? |
| 18 | And when you , some people regard these things as panaceas . |
| 19 | Some people worry that selling off state assets mortgages the country 's future . |
| 20 | Is it any surprise that some people took that example and ran up horrendous debts ? |
| 21 | Some people said this was ‘ manipulation ’ of the music by technology ; but it is the very reverse . |
| 22 | Some people express more of their feelings through their eyes , their hands or their whole posture than through their words . |
| 23 | Is it fair that some people earn much more than others in a market economy ? |
| 24 | Some people saw this as an attempt to force the Allies ’ hand , provoking a premature initiation of the expected ground offensive which might then plunge into the Iraqis ' prepared defence in depth . |
| 25 | The Buchan cattle were known as Buchan Humlies and these polled cattle were crossed with horned animals from the Aberdeen highlands ( though some people deny this ) producing a mixture of horned , polled and loose-horned or scurred stock of various colours — mostly red , brindle and black tinged with brown . |
| 26 | The gossip pegs Monday July 27 as the day DEC could announce additional layoffs with some people saying this round could force out as many as 15,000 people worldwide along with the closure of maybe ten manufacturing plants . |
| 27 | ( Some people produce few or no alpha rhythms , even when completely relaxed . ) |
| 28 | Though the way some people treat this place , I might as well be running … ’ |
| 29 | Oh no , I know that , I know that I mean some people find some things easy , some people find some things hard , do n't they ? |
| 30 | Oh no , I know that , I know that I mean some people find some things easy , some people find some things hard , do n't they ? |