Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] [verb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Academic studies have confirmed the obvious : events make news if they are clear , unusual , unexpected or unpredict-able ; if they fit a medium 's cycle ( a daily paper , for example , or an hourly news bulletin ) ; if they involve well known people or groups , places or countries ; if they are close to home ( literally or figuratively ) ; if they are negative ( accidents ) or reach a certain volume ( in terms of numbers hurt , for example , or goals scored ) . |
| 2 | I think they know where to hit people where it hurts most of them . |
| 3 | ‘ Because they go around murdering people ? ’ |
| 4 | No wonder the goalies wear those protective face-masks ( they also come in useful for protecting their identities when they go around hacking people up on Summer camps ) . |
| 5 | Because , I mean the elderly have got little enough , okay , there is extra benefit , but they do n't want people to know how poor they are . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know why , if they do n't want people to come here , ’ said Betty fretfully , ‘ they do n't just put up notices all along the border describing the weather conditions . ’ |
| 7 | that they thought they could develop and hav hold events on , and er , he said , like we , we came up with some good ideas , put forward some ideas , really good ideas , for things to do on this land , and he said , the trouble is that all these councillors back on to these pieces of land , and he said , er , they do n't want people coming along and enjoying themselves on it , because they want to go and walk their labradors on it . |
| 8 | They do n't want people to know . |
| 9 | That 's why they do n't sack people like that . |
| 10 | They do n't stop people getting stabbed . ’ |
| 11 | The management admit they do n't hire people with beards and growing one is a sackable offence . |
| 12 | This corpse looks fresh — it 's a good job they do n't bury people properly round here , else I 'd have to dig 'em up . |
| 13 | I mean people are a bit narrow in this respect you know they do n't like people to talk about it too openly — but I do because I think it 's important but the trouble is that — erm — that 's not really systematic in the sense that I do it but how many other people do it you see . |
| 14 | They do n't believe people are having sex outside marriage . |
| 15 | Interviews with riot participants indicated bitterness at the media 's failure to highlight prior police-community relations : ‘ They do not show people being stopped and searched in their cars , in their homes and whilst waiting at bus stops ’ , one interviewee complained . |
| 16 | Even if they do not damage people immediately , they could alter DNA and increase the risk of cancer . |
| 17 | Computer models are wonderful things but they do not put people on the ground , ’ said an angry Coun Messham . |
| 18 | They do so to replace people who are off on longer term absences , to undertake special one-off jobs , to provide extra cover during holiday periods and to meet seasonal demands for output . |
| 19 | They 've never had people like barks or tells . |
| 20 | The danger is when they 're the ones that if they 're the ones that stop other people sorting out their own feelings and emotions erm and I think in the work that I 've done in schools and in other situations following disasters one of the biggest problems has been that those expressing denial or saying that we should be able to cope with this , children are resilient , they do n't have these problems , erm they 've often stopped people getting the help that they need ; often stopped other teachers getting the help that they need . |
| 21 | Erm the process check list erm again they 've identified the people on each erm and within that they 've actually nominated people to look at the land ownership which is the , on the ignored with their rider on the previous sheet . |
| 22 | take over those particular aspects where they have n't got people to fill those needs . |
| 23 | They have irresponsibly encouraged people to withhold payment , and then at the eleventh hour they have made payments , leaving those poorer people who were foolish enough to follow their appalling example to face the consequences of now owing a lump sum . |