Example sentences of "people [vb base] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Saturday nights around 30 people sit down to a four-course SE Asian banquet . |
| 2 | It could also set a precedent for other governments — like Thailand and Malaysia — which have both pushed boat people back out to sea . |
| 3 | A at the moment what happens is individual people report back to the clerk , |
| 4 | I have come to suspect that the underlying motive to help younger people grow up to be confident , competent adults , and to derive pleasure from doing so , is something that a person can bury , ignore or conceal , but not amputate . |
| 5 | But this metaphor can mislead , for some people leap straight to the wrong part of the metaphor — the fact that the sculptor is a conscious designer- and miss the important part : the fact that the sculptor works by subtraction rather than addition . |
| 6 | Slow and refined , the New England way of life seems far removed from the frenzied pace of Los Angeles or San Francisco , as the people cling proudly to their strong links with the past . |
| 7 | But though people listen enthusiastically to Mister C slagging off hardcore and singing the praises of progressive house , you get the feeling things are just a bit different here . |
| 8 | ‘ Manufacturers are struggling , but our sales are buoyant as people hold on to old cars , ’ Holmes says . |
| 9 | In Forth Worth , people line up to be photographed with Van ; they collect first copies of his recordings ; they drive past his house and tell stories about what they suppose may be going on inside . |
| 10 | It is ridiculous that people wait up to three years until a decision is reached . |
| 11 | But for some reason , this year people seem not to be keen to register . |
| 12 | If people look forward to a meeting because of the atmosphere which you help create it will add to your personal influence . |
| 13 | While most people look forward to summer — for others it means an uncomfortable round of runny noses , sweaty itches and nasty rashes — some brought on by allergies . |
| 14 | Clearly that goes through many doors throughout the er the constituency , and it is widely read , people look forward to it . |
| 15 | Young people look forward to co-operation , and aspire to building something good for the future . |
| 16 | I believe that the British people look forward to greater development within the Community because they want the material benefits that that may bring . |
| 17 | Co-ordinator Ann Graham said : ‘ It is a shame when young people look forward to a ride on the horses , often for weeks , to find it rained-off . |
| 18 | ‘ The family have a certain mystique which people look up to because they want to . |
| 19 | When they 're young most people look naturally to their own selfish ambitions . |
| 20 | People hang on to them . |
| 21 | Many old people face up to accepting the necessity for admission to a residential home , on the basis of discussion within the family and advice from professional workers . |
| 22 | Of these , semantically and ideologically the leaf-people and the original people stand closest to the Chewong , while Tanko and keoi stand closest to the outsiders . |
| 23 | The real conflicts arise when people get on to the cerebral cortex . |
| 24 | Sue : How will people get on to Community Action ? |
| 25 | Oh no dear , like I was saying to Basil , I do n't mind what people get up to . |
| 26 | People get back to their feet . |
| 27 | Announcing an extra 50,000 places on Government training schemes she promised to ‘ do all I can to help unemployed people get back to work ’ . |
| 28 | When CEO 's I observed declared war against organisational defensive routines and demanded that people get back to basics , most often the new ideas were implemented with the old skills . |
| 29 | Of course , unemployment brings great difficulties in its train and no one regrets that more than I. That is why in recent months we have put in place the widest range of measures that we have ever had to help unemployed people get back to work . |
| 30 | All market research , even the Japanese kind , assumes that people reply truthfully to questions . |