Example sentences of "people [vb base] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I think there has been a trend , has there not , in recent years where people tend to take a main holiday perhaps on the continent and then have a second holiday in this country . |
| 2 | Active people tend to eat a lower-fat diet than non-exercisers . |
| 3 | ‘ People say play a half-fit Gazza , or give him a game for just a quarter of a match . |
| 4 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 5 | By this he meant that many people want to cure a particular problem , or to understand themselves more fully , yet do not want to change their way of moving and , especially , their mental attitudes to life . |
| 6 | ‘ That shows that people want to adopt a healthier diet and lifestyle but are not finding it easy to make the change . |
| 7 | Sir George said : ‘ If people want to adopt a nomadic style of life they must remain within the law and should do so at their own expense . ’ |
| 8 | Beyond the relationship between parents-in-law and children-in-law , there is little evidence of support , except in cases where for individual and idiosyncratic reasons people happen to form a good relationship , say with a sister-in-law . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , people begin to make a structural analysis … ’ |
| 10 | You may be right but some people seem to dramatize a commonplace misfortune and turn it into a cult . |
| 11 | FEW people seem to remember a 1942 film called Went the Day Well ? , the first Ealing film to be directed by Alberto Cavalcanti . |
| 12 | Superficially people seem to manage an American style of life , with a motorway system and massive supermarkets etc. , and you have to look hard at least in this area to find the poverty . |
| 13 | Apart from the fact that these people seem to possess a remarkable amount of scientific knowledge , even though they do not care to employ it , it seems possible that their ideas about civilisation and ours may be quite different . ’ |
| 14 | Yet so many people seem to have a mental block on this point , rushing for those little bottles when common sense should tell them that they can not possibly have some dreadful plague as they have n't introduced any new fish for over a year ! |
| 15 | Derbyshire Assistant Chief Constable Don Dovaston said : ‘ People seem to have a total disregard for the safety of themselves and other road users . |
| 16 | Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life . |
| 17 | Some people seem to have a natural knack for making money , while others have a marvellous ability for getting along without it . |
| 18 | THOUSANDS of people stand to win a small fortune every week under new plans for a national lottery . |
| 19 | Some people like to put a small dab of water-based lubricant on the tip of their penis before putting on the condom , to increase sensitivity . |
| 20 | Some people like to have a sharp canter to warm up for the steeplechase , I prefer not to . |
| 21 | Some people like to have a clear set of rules to live and to work by , while others condemn these same rules as ‘ bureaucratic ’ , restrictive and stifling . |
| 22 | Some people like to build a little pond-side ‘ house ’ to contain their filter — when others prefer to disguise it with plants and shrubs . |
| 23 | Few people find Anselm a serious contender for proving the existence of God , although there have been many philosophers who have rightly observed , as we have tried to do , that the logic of existence requires careful consideration . |
| 24 | Their infectious Irish rhythms and lilting harmonies captivated the house , but when the little pocket diva sang her solo this time , she ‘ wowed ’ them , she ‘ knocked them cold ’ , she was ‘ sensational ’ , or whatever other cliche theatre people use to describe a successful performance . |
| 25 | When asked in general terms , people claim to include a great deal of high-fibre food in their diets , to read only quality newspapers , never ever to drink and drive , etc . |
| 26 | People choose to spend a high proportion of their disposable income on buying and running a car because car ownership enhances their lives . |
| 27 | Needless to say , nobody knew , but the bidding went up in units ( people do like a nice round unit for this type of speculation ) of £500,000 . |
| 28 | Fortunately most old people do get a satisfactory service from their general practitioner , finding that he will go to great trouble to see that they get all the medical and social help that is available to them . |
| 29 | It is clear from the evidence on British kinship that people do acknowledge a wide range of uncles , aunts , nieces , nephews and cousins as forming part of their kin network in some sense , but whether these people place a significant part in structures of support is quite another matter . |
| 30 | The American experience makes it reasonable to expect that , as the effects of the new advertisements and quotations regulations take hold , awareness of typical APRs will slowly climb so that in maybe seven or eight years ' time most people do have a reasonable idea of them . |