Example sentences of "[that] people [vb base] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hannah may have gone without most of the comforts that people take for granted , but at least she had emotional warmth and stability , wrapped as she was in the cocoon of a caring family — her mother , her grandparents , and for a little time her tragic father , all around her . |
| 2 | She turned back to Elinor and said in the rather loud , slow , and contrived voice that people use for the deaf , ‘ I 've brought you a surprise , Nell . ’ |
| 3 | She goes , No but the point is that people kill for drugs which probably is right , I do n't know , so she says , We 're just not coming down . |
| 4 | He called Sophie and listened while her voice ran through the little script that people write for answerphones , then doubled his double Scotch and went back to the window . |
| 5 | By and large I do not believe that people want for profit organisations running human service delivery . |
| 6 | By wishes I am referring to the internal directions and aspirations that people have for their own professional lives and development : their preferences , their ambitions , their chosen career path , their enthusiasms and above all their values . |
| 7 | Yeah well I I I obviously I would say this but er I think it 's the best opportunity that people have for a career direction because we we 've redirected a lot of people 's careers in this aspect . |
| 8 | Clearly , the homes and household objects that people adopt for purposes of personal and social identity frequently change their nature . |
| 9 | It was The Echo a name that is slightly bogus to me , like the names of newspapers that people work for in fiction , such as The Megaphone , The Clarion , or The Bugle . |
| 10 | It is inevitably a part of the normal grieving process that people search for the dead person in a multitude of ways , but it is very necessary for friends of the bereaved to help them choose carefully . |