Example sentences of "people [verb] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also considered unlucky to pay the whole of a doctor 's bill , a superstition which may prove important as the years go by , considering what some people say is happening to the NHS . |
| 2 | County are in danger of suffering their second relegation in successive seasons , and Pavis said : ‘ People have been writing to me asking when I 'm going to sack the manager . ’ |
| 3 | Dozens of disabled people have been taking to the water learning how to sail . |
| 4 | Understand what Free People have been doing to me . |
| 5 | ‘ People have been coming to me and saying ‘ He 's drinking , you know . ’ ' |
| 6 | Also , people have been saying to me , ‘ My brother 's girlfriend 's aunt says that she spoke to someone who saw you on ‘ News at Ten ’ the other day ! ’ |
| 7 | People have been talking to him about sickness and that if an office has erm people that are off sick a lot more than another office they 're at a disadvantage . |