Example sentences of "people who have [vb pp] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next year he will begin to bring it ‘ up to date ’ and emphasise that honours should not be automatically awarded to people who have kept their noses clean in certain jobs , but that they must be earned . |
| 2 | The people who set the standards are no longer the older generation , the people who have lived their lives and come to some judgement on what life is all about . |
| 3 | The people who suffer if they are broken are not the owners , the shareholders or the board of directors , but those who work in the industry — people who have given their lives to that industry , built up the companies ' assets and made them into going concerns attractive for privatisation . |
| 4 | Does he agree that that is a pretty poor way in which to treat people who have given their lives to the service of their country ? |
| 5 | have a hearing audience , yes that are older , but the deaf audience which is very young , but other audiences and people who have lost their sight |
| 6 | I have n't heard the names yet , of the people who have lost their lives but I 'd be I would be certain that I would know some of them personally . |
| 7 | The most common calls are from people who have lost their pets . |
| 8 | ‘ But the pain and fear on the faces of people who have lost their homes and their loved ones is absolutely haunting . ’ |
| 9 | Of those people who have lost their jobs , more than 250,000 are this year in well worth while and excellent training schemes . |
| 10 | I wonder what the thousands of people who have lost their jobs , homes , businesses or all three thought when they read that . |
| 11 | The ratings for the drama starring Sean Bean as Mucky Mellors and Joely Richardson as Lady C. have soared , electricity bosses report a surge in power when the nation tunes in and people who have viewed their video recorder with fear and suspicion since the day it came out of the polystyrene box have discovered the freeze frame feature overnight . |
| 12 | Many people who have spent their holidays in that country , as I have , shake their heads in disbelief as they watch what is happening . |
| 13 | Those who have to make the decision whether to keep or discard are often people who have spent their lives among books . |
| 14 | Westermarck ( 1891 ) believed that satisfying sexual relationships are not formed between people who have spent their childhood together . |
| 15 | What is even more chilling for the people who have bought their council houses at a discounted price is that they will now be taxed at today 's full value . |
| 16 | An established live act will almost certainly play to people who have bought their records . |
| 17 | I have come across many people who have bought their binoculars from railway lost-property offices , though naturally one has to be doubly careful . |
| 18 | Does the Minister agree that that — and the practice of sending vexatious summonses to people who have paid their bills , and who are being forced to pay £12 a head for the privilege of receiving such a summons — must be altered if people are to have any confidence in the system ? |
| 19 | TRIPS to Ireland recently have reinforced my view that the P ( probationer ) plate carried by those cars driven by people who have passed their driving test within the last year , are a good thing and should be adopted here . |
| 20 | Let us give special thought today to those people who have devoted their lives to helping the poor and needy in impoverished parts of the world . |
| 21 | They are the ordinary citizens for whom the honours system was designed — people who have dedicated their lives to duty . |
| 22 | But there is always a hard core of people needing to rent , he says , such as couples testing the market or people who have had their fingers burnt . |
| 23 | The anxiety is often more to do with getting rid of people who have exhausted their gifts , lost their way or , not unheard-of , should not have been appointed in the first place . |