Example sentences of "[conj] people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No cars or people moved in the street outside . |
| 2 | There are no trade union representatives , or people nominated by the Scottish TUC . |
| 3 | Stocker was at pains to say : ‘ We have nothing which could be tested on humans … nothing yet which can help Aids patients or people infected with the Aids virus or any other virus . ’ |
| 4 | He emphasised that people distinguished between the ex-government and the King . |
| 5 | Gin , we are told , is one of the purest spirits made , and juniper berries , the baies de genièvre or ginepro from which Geneva or gin derived its name , provide the characteristic flavouring which everyone who ever drank a glass of gin in their lives would recognize when he tastes the juniper-berry flavour in Provençal game terrines and certain Northern Italian sauces and stuffings for partridge and pheasant ; and eau de vie de genièvre is a spirit used in French and Belgian Ardennais regional cooking , so it seems extraordinary that people blanch at the suggestion that gin should go into the casseroles . |
| 6 | One important finding is that people differ in the number of repetitions needed to establish this kind of learning . |
| 7 | We must acknowledge that people affected by the virus have felt it necessary to leave their communities here in Gwynedd to seek diagnosis , support and care elsewhere . ’ |
| 8 | This suggests that you should sit at arms length from your monitor and should n't site desks so that people sit near the back of monitors . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I believe our vote would have been very substantially higher had it not been for the fear , the concern , that people had for the prospect of a Labour government , ’ Mr Ashdown said , adding that the election showed Labour could not fight the Conservatives , even in the depths of a recession . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe our vote would have been very substantially higher had it not been for the fear , the concern , that people had for the prospect of a Labour government , ’ Mr Ashdown said , adding that the election showed Labour could not fight the Conservatives , even in the depths of a recession . |
| 12 | In his opening address to delegates , De Marco said that people looked to the UN for moral and political guidance for a resolution of the Gulf crisis . |
| 13 | It 's sad not to have a restaurant that size in the playhouse so that people come to the theatre . |
| 14 | That regrettable reminder that people existed outside the Casa Pinar had cooled everything to fast-freeze point . |
| 15 | It was thought that people tapping into the power supply illegally were sending high-voltage ‘ spikes ’ down the line . |
| 16 | When I raised it as Chairman at the General Management Committee , I was disgusted to find that people laughed at the very subject that was so important to women who 've come up here today to let us know the consequences of what was happening . |
| 17 | In a formal group this means ensuring that people stick to the procedures , do n't argue , do n't interrupt one another and so on . |
| 18 | Also for the audio tour and generally for making sure that everything is kept on an even keel historically and that people keep on the right lines . |
| 19 | The sad aspect of the Act is that people connected with the children 's hearing system — people certainly not lacking in intelligence or application — have been unable to unravel the mysteries of the statute . |
| 20 | When archaeologists research the way of life that people followed in the past , finds can provide direct evidence — spindle whorls , loom-weights and , in exceptional circumstances , fragments of woven cloth clearly point to the production of textiles , for example . |
| 21 | No one ever explained what the danger zone was , or that people living outside the no-go area might still be in danger of contamination . |
| 22 | Does the Secretary of State accept that people living in the real world question the Government 's industrial policy ? |
| 23 | One reason may well be that people living in the same locality share , whatever their class position , similar material positions . |
| 24 | In short , the history of the Chaloners reminds one that people living in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were as varied and as human as we are today . |
| 25 | The Honduran newspaper , La Tribuna , reported that people opposed to the project had been receiving threatening phone calls . |
| 26 | It needs a foundation not only of shared values but also of shared experience , so that people identify with the political system to which they belong , and can trust its procedures and their outcomes . |
| 27 | Second , the same is true of the mental work that people do on the job , for as this work grows more complex , it too separates out into distinct categories or types of mental activity . |
| 28 | We 're there for , to give the help and advice that people need on the day to day living , er because a person with say with a respiratory illness , er would need a lot of benefits er they , their lifestyle has to change , and often their home and adaptation has to change with , around it . |
| 29 | and at the same time can I say that you do not equate elitist views and pleasures and pastimes that they may have down in the county somewhere with the kind of deprivation that people face in the inner cities . |
| 30 | BM assumes that people learn from the consequences of their behaviour . |