Example sentences of "[noun sg] people [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , Ford possessed few of the qualities required of a real leader : ‘ conditioned not to offend , [ he ] did not know how to inspire , persuade or force people to go any place . |
| 2 | ‘ Our Intelligence people discovered that . ’ |
| 3 | English and Scottish banks and business people provided much of the original money , or capital , for industry and the machinery for factories . |
| 4 | Did the crofting people have any special name for the the tinkers ? |
| 5 | It struck me at the time that there was something rather apt about such a pedestrian people developing such a pedestrian means of covert assassination — ’ He broke off to laugh at his own pun . |
| 6 | CITT course in training people to bridge that gap . |
| 7 | In this way people using such a terminology may distinguish the role of father from that of father 's brother . |
| 8 | particularly if you can supplement this and , and show how it erm fits into the way people discuss these issues , you know here 's some real talk , here 's some real quotes , you know , er stuff like that , it can look quite yeah , yeah , great . |
| 9 | I 'm really confident and positive about my music , it 's really energetic and it 's fun music , and I think a lotta people need that these days . ’ |
| 10 | It 's time people gave some of our youngsters the credit for realising the state the country is in and knowing that they are the ones who are going to have to put it right — and are prepared to work hard to do so . |