Example sentences of "people [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AT THE general election five years ago , the British people experienced a surge of renewed self-confidence . |
| 2 | If you do just one thing in isolation it probably will not have the desired effect because people gain a general , overall impression from a combination of : |
| 3 | The priorities for the deaf community will have to come from deaf people themselves but the effective use of Total Communication by deaf and hearing people offers a way towards a sharing of views . |
| 4 | Dynamique Yachts , based at Marans in the Vendée , is a brother and sister team of Ian and Chantal Jeanneau , who employ about 60 people building a range of what are possibly the largest glassfibre production yachts in France . |
| 5 | If people develop a kernel independently , that 's fine ’ . |
| 6 | It is important if the interests and privileges of the ruling class are to be preserved that not too many people develop a sense of grievance , outrage or anger about the inequalities and oppressions which they experience . |
| 7 | Attitude to safety and prevention is important and it is desirable that people develop a concept of safety and an awareness of their personal responsibility in maintaining a safe environment , for themselves and for others . |
| 8 | A small proportion of people develop a headache after lumbar puncture but this is usually because they have been too active too soon after the test . |
| 9 | Social ambivalence towards old people plays a part in these somewhat muddled expectations from those who care for them . |
| 10 | And I 'll you something , every one of these people got a bowl of porridge in the morning before they left . |
| 11 | ‘ Jazz exploded in London in the mid-Eighties , but only a handful of people got a deal out of it , ’ says Geoff , who got into hip hop via rare groove and whose CV includes organising CND and Artists Against Apartheid benefits , putting on jazz rap weekends to try and prove bands could carry it off live as well as on record , DJing at Camden 's Jazz Cafe and , until recently , booking the bands there too . |
| 12 | I mean if somebody did grow a tree I mean , it must be harder in that kind of area but but wi with the right will for people to plant a tree and grow it it 's just as easy |
| 13 | For example , suppose that last year people expected a rate of inflation this year of 10 per cent ; if the actual rate turns out to be 16 per cent , the expectation will have been in error by 6 per cent . |
| 14 | The problem can be quite severe , er we 've had a number of penalties introduced by customs and excise over the last few years but what we 're going to see from the 1st April in this year is interest being charged on overdue moneys paid to customs and excise and also a penalty charged where people make a mistake on their VAT returns , even where they make those mistakes quite innocently . |
| 15 | There can be reasons why people make a claim for asylum after they have been here for some time and we consider all cases properly . |
| 16 | Some people make a football party educational and hire out a hall and a soccer coach for children to have a party and be given advice on how to play the game . |
| 17 | Distinguished people make a practice of visiting the opera , and pull rank so as to meet the artistes , especially attractive females . ’ |
| 18 | People make a virtue of loyalty but it 's not always a good thing . |
| 19 | Finally , he reaffirmed the changing role of the CAP in helping rural people make a living off the land by encouragement of environmentally friendly farming methods , support for forestry and an early retirement and restructuring scheme . |
| 20 | Some people make a living out of it — I do n't — and I 've absolutely nothing against that . |
| 21 | In a pagan world which was full of gods and where men and women encountered the divine at every turn , there was no need for the mystical disciplines to help people to cultivate a sense of presence and unity : they already felt at one with the world . |
| 22 | They may encourage young people to acquire a life-time habit of using buses and not bother with cars . |
| 23 | I feel that many people made a lot of assumptions about me . |
| 24 | When other people made a fuss of him , he hardly bothered with them , preferring to go over to wherever I might be and just sit there looking at me with those eyes . |
| 25 | When the company announced it would be building only 350 of them , 1500 people made a bid within 24 hours — even though the company required a £50,000 deposit . |
| 26 | About ten people a day kill themselves by suicide , maybe maybe one in a thousand people who take Prozac get bad reactions to it , but that has to be seen in balance , in the balance of a large number of people deriving a lot of benefit and maybe a few people having some bad reactions . |
| 27 | People perceive a lack of openness . |
| 28 | Many people lived a lifetime and grew old and grey without reaching the emotional and spiritual heights she 'd touched . |
| 29 | A study of people using a shelter in Boston found that although 30 of the 68 respondents were suffering from a psychosis , only five had been admitted to hospital for longer than a year in total . |
| 30 | I only went once to visit the Greens and then I was collecting money for the Missionary Fund to which most people contributed a copper or two , with young Mrs Thwaites from the neighbouring farm to us , High Birk Hatt . |