Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So many people agree with others for the sake of it but Eric ca n't do that and he has to tell the truth and say what he 's feeling even if that is ‘ no ’ and it upsets people . |
| 2 | Because people are so angry , they 're frustrated with the system and their anger gets in the way and it frightens people . |
| 3 | It isolates the experience of misery and it domesticates people 's anger . |
| 4 | You turn it on and it tapes people singing or talking . |
| 5 | It puts people off fishing and it puts people off me . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's like a real person , ’ she said , ‘ it gets angry , and it drowns people . ’ |
| 7 | It may seem an unlikely way to make a living … but Heather Gorringe is a worm farmer.She sells 20,000 worms a week from her farm in Herefordshire … and it seems people ca n't get enough of these wriggly creatures.They 're ideal for breaking down compost … and can even convert rubbish dumps into healthy agricultural land : |
| 8 | ‘ People are now saying it 's a most dramatic and exciting new production and it seems people who criticise it are totally discredited . |
| 9 | ‘ British colonialism was no good , but it taught people to read . |
| 10 | Italian colonialism was no good , but it taught people to work . |
| 11 | The ‘ history of the common man ’ ( that is , the history unspecialized people make ) may be moonshine by professional standards , but it shapes people 's understanding of the world , and their decisions about how to act , like any other assimilated experience . |
| 12 | Again , it avoided the words black and white but it classified people as patrials and non-patrials ; in general terms , patrials , who can come and go as they wish , are almost always white ; non-patrials are almost never white . |
| 13 | but it meant people could go up to the box office and take a tape recorder and sit and listen to them |
| 14 | Er But it took people busy to get it paid , you know , and in fact there was some people that could n't , er and it became a big worry to people . |
| 15 | Why is it it seems to me also , and I may be totally wrong here , but it seems people who are least likely to look after themselves are the ones who want to have animals ? |
| 16 | This was not true — he was very much a dilettante in these things — but it shocked people into making the changes we needed . |