Example sentences of "[adj] people [vb base] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think some people do think that is selfish and that marriage is about bringing up a family and looking after the house . ’ |
| 2 | Mind you some people do like different types of defender . |
| 3 | He says not everyone knows their serial number but some people do know distinguishing marks on their hi fi . |
| 4 | In Belgium many people do take three weeks at a time |
| 5 | Further work on the short-term memory paradigm by Poizner , Bellugi and Tweney ( 1981 ) produced confirming results that deaf people do use serial processes in a way similar to hearing people . |
| 6 | No well normal people do have milky coffee |
| 7 | It is not known exactly how many people die from hypothermia ( ie die ‘ from cold ’ , because their inner body temperature has become dangerously low ) , but thousands of older people do die each winter from cold-related conditions . |
| 8 | In rich societies , on the other hand , most people do have enough discretionary income left ( or have easy access to credit ) after they have paid for their food and shelter , though the numbers who do not appear to be growing at an alarming rate in some rich countries ( as the growth of homelessness in the United States and the United Kingdom seems to suggest ) . |
| 9 | Most people do have some idea of whether or not one type of credit is ‘ expensive ’ , compared to other types of credit . |