Example sentences of "people [verb] about the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very many people heard about the riots in the area last year , and heard the authorities ' explanations for them , but this programme attempted to find the root causes of the problems . |
| 2 | All over the rest of the Soviet Union , the Chernobyl explosion was a powerful force for making people think about the environment . |
| 3 | I would say , whatever is most effective in making people think about the implications of the expressions they use . |
| 4 | He needs not to forget that there are demonic forces in the universe whatever people say about the existence of the devil . |
| 5 | ‘ And I do n't care what people say about the age difference . |
| 6 | The things people say about the book business . |
| 7 | How much did these people know about the likely profitability of the books ? |
| 8 | And it gives us an excuse to let people know about the River Thames . |
| 9 | ranging from when I went to Leeds to that seminar and there were people excited about the Festival and you know , two weeks before the Festival speaking to Jane in London , said oh we 've had a lot of you know and I said well I 'll get back to you in September and tell you |
| 10 | the social position of the fishermen and their families means that they are scared to speak out , scared to get together with other people to talk about the problems , and they think there is nothing they can do about it . |
| 11 | You may have heard people speak about the loss of brain cells as we get older but , as Tony Buzan , expert in the working of the human mind , writes in his book Make the Most of Your Mind : |
| 12 | Many people worry about the imagined complexity of defibrillators . |
| 13 | There are times when I think that other people know little about it , but politicians are the last people to pontificate about the curriculum , and I hope that teachers and inspectors are concerned about it . |
| 14 | Henry thought this was depressingly typical of the way in which people talked about the recently deceased . |
| 15 | Honestly , people talked about the kids today as though they were all Dior models , but they still had spots and puppy-fat just like kids always had , and always would have . |
| 16 | Part of the Government 's failure can be seen every week in our constituency surgeries , at which small business people complain about the way in which their firms failed . |
| 17 | It 's one of the busiest nightspots in the Mediterranean and the streets are simply crowded from dusk onwards with young people going about the serious business of enjoying themselves , socialising , trying the local brew , ‘ discovating ’ and generally having a good time until the early hours of the morning ! |
| 18 | Leopold related the news , and the Archbishop 's excuse for not having allowed father and son to travel the previous year : ‘ he said that he could not tolerate people going about the world begging ’ ( 31 August 1778 ) . |
| 19 | People enquiring about the Allied Trust Tessa and the company 's status are accurately told by employees that Tessa deposits are covered by the deposit-holders ' protection scheme , which guarantees up to 75% of the first £20,000 of an investor 's money if a bank fails . |
| 20 | Would people know about the opening ? |
| 21 | The gamble is that the more people know about the workings of behaviour the more they will use it skilfully to benefit themselves and others . |
| 22 | Although the institute now has a staff of 28 at its Kensington headquarters , it copes with the collection only because few people know about the free public listening service that it offers . |
| 23 | Nowadays , similarly , people know about the Holy Spirit , but have never entered fully into their inheritance in Him . |
| 24 | It never fails to amaze me how little some people know about the fish they are buying , even down to the most basic of aspects . |
| 25 | Few people know about the great lengths and the key behind the scenes roles French and Fordham played in South Africa 's return to the international rugby scene . |
| 26 | Our activities since we began include preparing information packs for advice centres and welfare rights workers , leafleting the DHSS offices so people know about the legislation , networking with other groups in Belfast , and other parts of Ireland , North and South and with groups in Britain , lobbying and generally trying to make this legislation unworkable . |
| 27 | If other people know about the Star Zoo , there will be killing . |
| 28 | Few people know about the work of Y Care International , the charity that Yasmin le Bon supports so enthusiastically . |
| 29 | Most people know about the Ozone layer in the earth 's stratosphere . |
| 30 | Up to one in seven people complaining about the valuation of their home for the council tax think their property is undervalued , early evidence shows . |