Example sentences of "people [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do many people stay on the farms , with the result that this migration has been less than normal for the UK ? |
| 2 | ‘ What do your people think of the political changes now going on ? ’ the Minister asked . |
| 3 | All over the rest of the Soviet Union , the Chernobyl explosion was a powerful force for making people think about the environment . |
| 4 | I would say , whatever is most effective in making people think about the implications of the expressions they use . |
| 5 | How much did these people know about the likely profitability of the books ? |
| 6 | And it gives us an excuse to let people know about the River Thames . |
| 7 | And I think it sort of paid off in making people feel in the town during the year that they had a mayor , that the ceremonial actually meant something and related to them , and certainly I still find tremendous numbers of people who sort of come along and invite you to things — people who before would have probably said ‘ Oh it 's a waste of money ’ , and I think we did quite a lot to change that attitude . |
| 8 | And I think it , it sort of paid off in making people feel in the town during the year that they had a Mayor , that the ceremonial actually meant something and related to them . |
| 9 | 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 : |
| 10 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |
| 11 | There should be a stockpile of sandbags to help people cope with the floods . |
| 12 | Mr Hellawell points out that they play a vital role in helping people cope with the trauma of crime . |
| 13 | ‘ We have seen people go into the forest from the Ridgery but they do not often go alone like you . |
| 14 | ‘ Do many people live on the island ? ’ |
| 15 | The grants aim to help people live in the community as independently as possible . |
| 16 | So why do most people come to the cathedral ? |
| 17 | So I thought I 'd wait a year or two and let people get into the techno thing and get used to being more receptive to what it is , as opposed to what it was in ‘ 86 , when nobody knew what the term was and everybody was scared of technology . |
| 18 | Their task is to draw their group out , and to make people talk in the way that will prove most useful . |
| 19 | The readings and music were designed to help people reflect on the goodness of God 's creation and our responsibility to be stewards of the harvest . |
| 20 | That wretched obsession with time which was a hallmark of my own age had not yet set in ; there were not even railway timetables to make people conform to the clock . |
| 21 | You 've probably all been in situation where you seen people zigzag across the road because they think they 're being followed the ladies will do it because she thinks a bloke is following her and the men are probably thinking does she think I 'm following her ? |