Example sentences of "people [vb base] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would n't let me turn the telly on which is what most people want to do on a Saturday evening , off |
| 2 | However , although people seem to agree on a hierarchy of symbolic rewards , this apparent consensus is not the sum of people 's personal evaluations regarding the relative importance of different jobs , but a reproduction of what they have been socialised into accepting and which , when asked , they reproduce as though this sort of thing is a matter of fact . |
| 3 | Once people get hooked on a show you have them . ’ |
| 4 | What is more , because the earnings they thereby achieve can be higher than those of regular employees , some people choose to work on a temporary rather than a permanent basis . |
| 5 | These people have hit on a formula which seems to work . |