Example sentences of "people [vb base] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If such an attractive new influence could be spread abroad in the world , where so many people long for a religion which has that ring of truth , the detection of which is a priceless human ability acquired down through the ages and not to be denied , there would be a growing number of adherents rallying to it . |
| 2 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 3 | A consequence of these processes , as Walker puts it , has been ‘ periodic expressions of alarm at the ‘ burden ’ of dependency' which old people create for the rest of us . |
| 4 | Usually many more people apply for a job than can be successful . |
| 5 | Sometimes people go for a corner intending to commit themselves , but , although the brain is trying to hold the foot down , it somehow comes off the gas pedal at the very last moment . |
| 6 | It 's the sort of place where people go for a job for life . |
| 7 | Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat . |
| 8 | In hide-and-seek , a number of people agree for a period of time to abstract from living what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function ( i.e. that people can be ‘ hiders ’ and ‘ seekers ’ and that places can be ‘ hiding places ’ ) and to behave , for the time being , as if only that function mattered . |
| 9 | People strive for a definition of public-service broadcasting , but I always think it 's very simple . |
| 10 | When people hover for a tip , it 's excruciating , says Jon , 34 ‘ I do n't see why people working in certain industries should be singled out for special treatment . |
| 11 | Is it , is it a long term thing , do people come for the day , or do they stay with you for months ? |
| 12 | With regard to elderly people , Allan suggests that , in any case , old people have for a variety of reasons quite small friendship circles and that even within those circles |
| 13 | Yeah well I I I obviously I would say this but er I think it 's the best opportunity that people have for a career direction because we we 've redirected a lot of people 's careers in this aspect . |
| 14 | Some people work for a firm that goes bankrupt ; some people invest early in Rank Xerox . |