Example sentences of "most people [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brief counselling is at least as effective as medication in most people facing such problems ( Catalan et al. 1984 a ) . |
| 2 | Most people accepted more money needed to be spent on the railways with extra staff to keep them going , he said . |
| 3 | Popular participation in electoral politics began to flag after 1951 but arguably this was because most people felt less urgency as regards political change ; there was no strong and deep-going popular reaction against the government . |
| 4 | The next best thing was being given a month 's free credit , and by most people taking this they knocked the wind out of the banker 's sails . |
| 5 | Most people imagine that Queen 's View is named after ‘ unamused ’ Victoria , Scotland 's most famous royal tourist , but in fact the lady in question was Mary , Queen of Scots , who visited Tummel in 1564 , three years after her return from France . |
| 6 | Most people know that ! |
| 7 | Some solicitors may prefer the atmosphere of a relatively small company where most people know each other . |
| 8 | Most people know some dialect words : for example , bairn for child in Scottish English . |
| 9 | In traditional society this would not be regarded as sponging or parasitism , for it was felt that one 's relationship to one 's own son was no closer than that to the sons of siblings , and most people had more nephews than sons . |
| 10 | Most people thinks that 's a very long way off , but in the case of something like health then erm we certainly agree health is good for a very long way . |
| 11 | However , it is important to bear in mind that while most people break some , if not many , of the laws of their society , few people are found guilty of criminal offences . |
| 12 | Most people ignored this commandment , although I have heard it said that Pike was to be seen with a compass on a number of occasions , trying to align himself correctly . |
| 13 | Take bathtowels , drying up towels , pillowcases , handtowels , sheets and pillowcases and other bedlinen — most people prefer own for hygiene . |
| 14 | Most people got some informal care , and three-quarters had someone who spent on average at least an hour a day doing things with them or on their behalf . |
| 15 | Most people inhabit this in-between land , perhaps not fully accepting the concept of reincarnation but none the less thinking that ‘ there must be something there ’ . |
| 16 | However , I appreciate that most people live some distance from the sea and these factors will need to be addressed immediately . |
| 17 | We have such a moral obligation ; most people believe that . |
| 18 | Anyone not a fool or a maniac should acknowledge Izzy 's ability to make this stuff work ; most people do this sort of thing very badly and so we call ‘ rock ’ inane and hopeless , but Stradlin brings verve and love to his work and the drooling beast is once more revivified . |
| 19 | Yes , interesting , I 'm going to tell him now , and that three sets , obviously you know , you can work that out in seconds flat , it will be bound to be how most people do this sort of thing , and when it 's their full-time job , Oh , right , just come out of there . |
| 20 | I I du n no I I I ca n't work out cos all of Dan 's girlfriends yeah Amber , Sonia and Honey most people have all said I do n't think she 's right for Dan and you know I ca n't I ca n't work out whether they actually think that or they 're just sort of saying that because he does n't talk to them as much or something , I do n't know . |
| 21 | Er , most people have that kind of anxiety dream . |
| 22 | Most people have little contact with mentally or physically handicapped people and , as we have discussed , base their attitudes and opinions on historically inaccurate concepts . |
| 23 | Most people have some fear of death . |
| 24 | Although most people have some background training in languages , it appears to be too little and , or , of the wrong type . |
| 25 | He says most people have some qualms . |
| 26 | Well that mostly you most people have this impression like that you do the er come away and then go back again . |
| 27 | That 's the that 's the most awkward thing to do the one that most people have most problem with . |
| 28 | Well actually most people have most people want them for souvenirs . |
| 29 | When writing a history essay , most people have more facts or knowledge available than they can conveniently use . |
| 30 | ‘ Most people bought most of what they needed in the village . |