Example sentences of "they do [adv] [verb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Big Four provided the patterns of organisational structures and methodologies in an untried and untested industry , but they did not provide people . |
| 2 | It was a relief when I was moved on to the Sports Desk ; these were gains and losses of a different kind and they did n't involve people getting killed . |
| 3 | what they do a lot of these places now , they , put adverts in the paper , they did n't want people , they just put adverts in the paper , they did n't pay for it , see what people are out there and what qualifications they have to have and when things start picking up there , they , they take a pick any people they like |
| 4 | We knew they were geologists … they did n't come in contact with anybody on the island , they did n't tell people what they were doing or what they were looking for . |
| 5 | They did n't hang people any more . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They do n't want people to know . |
| 10 | That 's why they do n't sack people like that . |
| 11 | They do n't stop people getting stabbed . ’ |
| 12 | The management admit they do n't hire people with beards and growing one is a sackable offence . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They do n't believe people are having sex outside marriage . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Even if they do not damage people immediately , they could alter DNA and increase the risk of cancer . |
| 18 | Computer models are wonderful things but they do not put people on the ground , ’ said an angry Coun Messham . |
| 19 | 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 . |