Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend to see people as unthinking dupes who arc simply pushed and pulled around by the needs of capital . |
| 2 | Rather , they tend to turn people in on themselves , which certainly makes the devil happy . |
| 3 | They tend to admire people for how they hold themselves and what they say and then blame them more for being found out than for what they do . |
| 4 | They want to re-educate people on their driving weaknesses . |
| 5 | They want to turn people against the family as a system . |
| 6 | I think they have always come over as they really are , but there must be times when they want to tell people to sod off . |
| 7 | They want to recruit people with a sympathetic and ‘ unruffled ’ nature , nursing expertise is not essential . |
| 8 | ‘ They do it because they enjoy meeting people and like a change of scene , ’ she says . |
| 9 | They like to see people for a cup of tea , and they like popping round to Karen 's for company . |
| 10 | Jen Longbottom says its a race for the country lovers … they try to take people to a part of the country where they would not normally get to … it 's not a race for softies … |
| 11 | Well people are not bound to lose , because some people do finish up ahead , but most people should expect to lose for the simple reason that bookies have got to make a living somehow , and therefore the odds that they offer to entice people to go in are such as to expect the bookie to make a profit , but that does n't mean to say that I am against the idea of people going in for gambling . |
| 12 | But you know they do , they do pull people in |
| 13 | which she said they do have people who do n't progress much staying on |
| 14 | They 've converted people to it so they they find that they |
| 15 | She says some shoppers think they 've seen people acting , or even dressed , suspiciously . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh yes , they 've killed people in Britain before . |
| 17 | I know that they 've stopped people doing it in the past because they would n't , did n't want . |
| 18 | Williams is anything but surprised that both Palace and Forest are in trouble , saying : ‘ We 've lost key players like Mark Bright and Ian Wright and they 've lost people like Des Walker and Teddy Sheringham . |
| 19 | The thing is , young officers coming into the force , doing what they 've been taught is their job , the next thing they know they 've got people making complaints against them . |
| 20 | Already they 've got people willing to fly from LA to New York to see them , and people going to every date of their domestic tours . |
| 21 | The the great , the one thing about the Community Development Team to point out is that , they 've got people working on pa particular in particular ways with the community . |
| 22 | They 've got people who 've been on it for years and years . |
| 23 | You know , they thought , recycle things , marvellous , they 've got people separating their waste , they 're collected separately , and then they , oh well , now what , oh we 'll ship it to England . |
| 24 | A projection you know a warehouse order erm stock and order situation , if you 've got a and they 've got people by source number , they can see how much is being used by you . |
| 25 | They 've got people standing on top an'all |
| 26 | They 've had people leaving boxes of cigars and bottles of vintage port and silver-topped canes and even wigs and sets of false teeth , apart from all the other obvious things . |
| 27 | Cos they 've had people round and nicking things ai n't they , out the back ? |
| 28 | So far as the objects of fantasy are concerned , men tend to be fairly realistic : they prefer to invite people they know into their imaginations rather than film stars . |
| 29 | I 'm not a church-goer. but I think they help solve people 's problems . |
| 30 | Possibly the only use for hedgerows today is that they help to keep people and litter out of fields , rather than animals in , but if hedges and trees were uneconomic during the war , how much more so are they today ? |