Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] other people " in BNC.

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1 We ventured to ask him what he was writing , and he replied that the trouble with being a publisher was that one was so absorbed in other people 's books as to have insufficient time and energy to devote to one 's own .
2 Death was something that only happened to other people — except there was the ragged hole that the shadow-voices had opened up in her and Zulei was tearing at it and there was death behind .
3 And it was n't you see , a matter of being intimately connected with other people 's dirty clothes — that 's something I was thankful for , I must admit .
4 In the last resort , self-awareness requires the personal acceptance that responsibility for doing something about feelings or circumstances is a personal one , which can not be effectively decided by other people .
5 In practice , viewers preferred to wait and see — or rather wait for other people to see — before converting their TV sets to receive the new signal .
6 It mostly depends on other people recognizing the change that has occurred .
7 At that time I did not think of other people , and what the creature could do to them .
8 Not apologising to other people for the behaviour of the primary sufferer .
9 But this was about sitting on horses not looking into other people 's eyes .
10 Because of this , it is very important not to talk to other people about anyone you know who has HIV or AIDS — unless that person has said it is alright for other people to know .
11 You can not capitalise on other people 's good ideas .
12 doing their own I just take the letters I 've already written to other people change one sentence and change the er name on
13 They 're fixing one on Monday so I can see it but I 've already talked to other people who 've done it and they 're so popular .
14 It is easy to be alarmed by something which one imagines does not happen to other people and which one 's family and friends may suggest is pure imagination or , worse still , the first sign of madness !
15 For those living in the community , information about what was available was largely gained from other people around them , the social worker providing very little useful knowledge even after a visit ( p. 79 ) .
16 He 'd probably dismissed her altogether by now as fickle , shallow and all too easily swayed by other people .
17 ‘ ’ Do what you want ’ shall be the whole of the law' was a favourite catch phrase of the occultist Aleister Crowley , but in fact it is the ‘ law ’ of the private kingdom — with the added rider , ‘ as long as it does not interfere with other people 's personal preferences ’ .
18 ‘ Oh , I know I should have trusted you — had faith in you — and not listened to other people .
19 Discount houses are obliged to purchase any Treasury bills not purchased by other people or institutions .
20 Dot knew that her father was at a place that Gloria rarely talked to other people about , but kept like some kind of secret .
21 It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots .
22 It still happened to other people and all .
23 She saw that he had changed colour , and , always affected by other people 's feelings , she now experienced some of his embarrassment and wished she had not put him in this position .
24 A person with a weak superego tends to be much more influenced by other people and especially external authority .
25 Make sure you always run towards other people or to a shop if you can .
26 Instances of police racial harassment which had always happened to other people , were now happening to us .
27 In fact , about the only contact Edward ever had with other people 's flesh was when the school maids , and then their friends from round about , began to share their sexual favours with him .
28 Those who champion smokers ' rights should surely recognize that non-smokers , including babies and children , may be harmfully affected by other people being free to smoke in public places .
29 Why should we refuse medical treatment to people who are suffering medically compared to other people who say , who need a heart transplant , or a kidney transplant ?
30 Erm , most of the people I know , particularly the one 's I like , I look at them and I look at them being beautiful , just because I like them , erm , but I 'm aware of also looking at other people and thinking oh that 's gross you know
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