Example sentences of "to people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was telling his story to people sheltering from the rain . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the bank is not able to offer the scheme to people living outside the UK . |
| 3 | Let those involved in violence — who plan it , carry it out or are in any way responsible for it — realise the damage that they are doing to people living in the district . |
| 4 | Thames Water , the local water company , has declared that there is no risk to people living in the area since the contaminated water is treated before being used . |
| 5 | And what difference will that make to people living in the region ? |
| 6 | Anthony Masters , 26 , of Eastmount Road , Darlington , was fined £50 yesterday after he admitted causing harassment , alarm or distress to people living in the Wimbledon Close area of the town . |
| 7 | Anthony Paul Masters , 26 , of East Mount Road , Darlington , was ordered to pay £50 after he admitted causing harassment , alarm or distress to people living in the Wimbledon Close area of the town . |
| 8 | And there is no one single picture of English history which is absolutely right , in other words there are different interpretations of almost everything that matters in history , but what I wanted to try to do in that social history was to give some account of England 's past which was meaningful to people living in the late erm twentieth century . |
| 9 | From the traffic point of view , I have already said that there will be a large number of movements , but everything will be done to minimise any hindrance to people living in the locality . |
| 10 | The celebrations turned violent as property belonging to people connected with the former regime was attacked and looted by the crowds , and rioting broke out in which 27 people were killed . |
| 11 | I do n't object to people smoking in the privacy of their own homes but I am a non-smoker . |
| 12 | The government offered a 5-year subsidy to people moving from the state earnings-related pension scheme to take out a private pension . |
| 13 | They 're probably used to people calling in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think they 're used to people calling in the middle of the night , ’ said Lydia , beginning to laugh again . |
| 15 | Its principles : participation , equity and intersectoral collaboration may seem new to many health workers but they are very familiar to people formed in the community development approach . |
| 16 | Two men were standing in Plashet Park handing out Anti-Nazi League placards to people arriving for the march . |
| 17 | In this report , it accused the asbestos industry of deliberately pursuing profit in the face of known dangers , and ‘ in the light of the damage done to people working in the industry and likely to occur in the future , … it is simply incredible ’ that nothing much is done about it . |
| 18 | It will be invaluable to students in higher education with essays to write , to professionals reading or writing reports , to people working in the fields of science or technology , and to advanced learners from all walks of life … as well as to numerous teachers of English preparing classes and talks on specific topics . |
| 19 | It 's really good because management 's the same no matter where it is , but in the Health Service there are sometimes specific problems and this course is geared to people working in the Health Service and that can only be a good thing . |
| 20 | Now that does n't really work here because we have a policy that we do n't have notices , you may have noticed already , we do n't have notices saying do n't and we do n't object to people sitting on the furniture , handling this and that , doing what they like . |
| 21 | She pulled free of him , stopping dead in the middle of the path , causing considerable confusion to people walking towards the castle . |
| 22 | That would give him a chance to reduce tax on lower incomes , which are so discouraging to people caught in the poverty trap . |
| 23 | You mentioned boxing and that 's a sort of legitimate violence which takes place in a limited area and which people watch because presumably they enjoy it , but do n't wish to particularly partake in themselves , and whereas it 's all right for people to punch each other 's heads in the boxing ring , they would object to people coming outside the boxing ring and punching the spectators ' heads . |
| 24 | Elderly parents may begin to feel tense and unsure of their previous social skills and ability to sustain long conversations with visitors , or may tire very quickly , which may lead them to start placing obstacles of one kind and another to people coming to the house at all . |
| 25 | What I have described so far applies to people direct from the Indian sub-continent . |