Example sentences of "people [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is consumed by the challenge of the world 's highest peaks , but this has been accompanied by a geographer 's fascination with visiting new places : a curiosity about the metaphysical undercurrents that accompany great risk ; a need to plumb the capabilities of mind and body and a corresponding empathy with mountain peoples who confront such tests in their everyday struggle with life . |
| 2 | For it is an ethnic conflict , between peoples who see each other at close range . |
| 3 | The people I hate most are : students , bank managers , … ? |
| 4 | yes yes , yes I was surprised people I suppose most people have seen those before actually |
| 5 | It was the " comparative freedom " of the common people which invigorated this popular culture . |
| 6 | the other point was obviously people that you may know which may be able to help me in my business , people you feel this information obviously it was of interest to you |
| 7 | Now the effect is that if you make a decision from London , if you impose a decision from London , the people you impose that decision on are very very demoralised . |
| 8 | We have asked the people who constructed this building to take over the theatre in January until March . |
| 9 | I do n't think the people who advocate these policies understand that you have every wish to put the decision off . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the people who voiced such sentiments were " less bewitched by the magic of the Caudillo " than the previous generation of regime supporters . |
| 11 | The people who attend those centres can still live in their own homes because of the support staff who work from those resource centres . |
| 12 | He and Valerie looked at each other as cordially as two people who loathe each other can . |
| 13 | Heavily illustrated with photos of the aircraft and people who inhabited this airfield , it is worthy of inclusion on any aviation historian 's bookshelf . |
| 14 | This could account for the weather sensitivity of some people who show either depression before a storm , or pains in joints and injuries . |
| 15 | The guide would be particularly useful to people who lived some distance away and who needed to find out if a visit to the record office would be helpful . |
| 16 | It also became clear that women were greatly under-represented among that minority of elderly people who had such occupational pensions . |
| 17 | We have lost capacity , skills and people who had some faith in the Government 's processes . |
| 18 | However , it gradually became apparent that from now on , London Transport was to be ruled by politicians , rather than by people who had any knowledge or experience of how to run a public transport undertaking . |
| 19 | The people who had more experience used to teach me lots of things . |
| 20 | Until now , those people who had more taxable benefits than allowances had to pay the extra tax in one sum after the following year end because the former PAYE system could not collect it . |
| 21 | ( By contrast , he was very generous to people who had less than he did , and often gave away money and cricket equipment . ) |
| 22 | People who said this in earshot of Zlorf tended to carry their ears home in their hats . |
| 23 | Thanks also to those people who enjoyed this way of raising money , please pass the message on to the many class members who took part . |
| 24 | Thanks also to those people who enjoyed this way of raising money , please pass the message on to the many class members who took part . |
| 25 | Erm there were a couple of people who got all the questions correct . |
| 26 | When the apostles wrote letters to their friends and colleagues they were always trying to pass on words of encouragement and the people who received these letters regarded them as precious sources of information , that is why many of the letters of Paul or John or Peter have been carefully guarded and handed down to ourselves . |
| 27 | Mr Bergg said he had received a number of complaints from people who received both leaflets , adding : ‘ I am sure there are many more who were equally shocked but did n't bother to reply . ’ |
| 28 | I object er er yes I would like to , I would like to er second the resolutions , this , there is er , there is er a certainly a great deal of concern within the community both those er who live within reach of , of , of , of car boot sale erm er sites in particular the ones that are regular and also the people who attend them and get ripped off , that we need to do something about er bringing er the er , er at to add , add to law into range of , of the people who of , of people who er er of of people who er sell er of people who sell those goods at these at these functions . |
| 29 | We ought to start speaking in Spanish so the people who read this dictionary do n't understand it |
| 30 | I find that the , the people who waffle the most are the people who know least . |