Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] that [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jamaicans usually claim to be able to understand everything said in Standard English ; it comes as something of a shock to many of them to find that English people can by no means always understand them . |
| 2 | Commenting on the resignations , he said : ‘ I regret that certain people were unable to accept the majority decision of the executive . |
| 3 | Expecting ongoing punishment for the drugs episode , I forget that other people have different timetables for both acceptance and forgiveness . |
| 4 | During the World Cup , when an ‘ Anglo-Saxon conspiracy ’ was talked about in France , I noticed that most people in England laughed , dismissing the claim as the words of a bad loser . |
| 5 | I hope that many people will send their views on the proposals to the Inland Revenue . |
| 6 | I suspect that many people in Bolsover will carry eggs in their basket in the hope of meeting the hon. Gentleman . |
| 7 | Of the devotional intimacy , I suspect that few people , including even some priest confessors , were afforded any glimpse . |
| 8 | I suspect that more people use it cos you do n't have to pay . |
| 9 | Now I appreciate that some people seem to object to the words public protection , erm I 'm not certain why bearing in mind you have a public protection committee . |
| 10 | However , I appreciate that most people live some distance from the sea and these factors will need to be addressed immediately . |
| 11 | I READ that some people ( HAS January 30 ) would have us believe that history did not take place in Hitler 's Nazi Germany . |
| 12 | I have included poultry recipes in this book , since I know that many people do not share my feelings , and that a healthy source of nutrients should not be lightly eliminated . |
| 13 | There is one final point I would like to make and I know that many people may not accept it , but I think there will not be any significant improvement here while violence persists . |
| 14 | Now I know that many people out there are absolutely appalled by this . |
| 15 | I know that some people look a bit surprised if you turn up with a bottle , but others are disappointed if you do n't . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | well you know I know that some people do but do n't back down afterwards and then say oh well never mind it was my fault cos it 's not your fault . |
| 18 | Now , I know that these people have worked all their life to get their money and their saving savings and things like that , but if they 're able to manage on wha with less benefit from the government , surely they should n't have to watch other people who struggling and in dire needs because of that ? |
| 19 | This is all classified information and I know that these people have n't clearance . ’ |
| 20 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 21 | I 'm not really interested in adventures but I understand that some people are and the mag has to cover all topics to please everyone ! |
| 22 | I believe that such people would find it inexplicable if that were to happen . |
| 23 | Moreover , I believe that few people in this room will step forward to denounce the idea of animal welfare , as if it is a matter of indifference whether an animal 's life is good or bad . |
| 24 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 25 | I find that these people who are so called on the cheap that the product is not very good , well if you say say you call it by one of them |
| 26 | I suppose that many people went there to support a particular person . |
| 27 | I feel that many people made a lot of assumptions about me . |
| 28 | Magnitudes have been given to only one-tenth , because it is almost impossible for the naked-eye or binocular observer to distinguish differences of less than this ( though I agree that some people claim to be able to do so ; I certainly can not ) . |
| 29 | There are times when I think that other people know little about it , but politicians are the last people to pontificate about the curriculum , and I hope that teachers and inspectors are concerned about it . |
| 30 | People clearly are interested in what Darwin had to say erm and they mind about whether he was right or not , and I think that many people , I dare say many people in this room , have a wish which they may be conscious of and they may not , sometimes quite a strong wish , that he 'll turn out to be wrong . |