Example sentences of "people [adv] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be a good business man is the epitome of development and these learned people secretly aspire to that goal . |
| 2 | MARRIED people rarely look at each other when they talk . |
| 3 | The paths were thickening as people slowly converged on that part where the machinery was getting into motion , but plenty else was going on far over by the tennis courts , by the children 's playground . |
| 4 | ‘ I feel all these people rightfully share in this award . ’ |
| 5 | But many people only laughed at these stories . |
| 6 | Why did young people suddenly become of such concern for the Government ? |
| 7 | After all , her young people all came from good families . |
| 8 | It was one of those moments when we can actually see whole new groups of people just walking into social history . |
| 9 | Most people just put in three pence . ’ |
| 10 | The first point is that , of the five people generally named in any discussion of the generation gap theory , four are Free Presbyterians , which is a similar concentration to that found in the first generation of Paisley activists . |
| 11 | Police are advising people not to go near eastern Paris on Sunday because of the massive congestion that is expected . |
| 12 | There are occasional reports in the medical journals of people not sleeping for extended periods of time when suffering from illnesses interfering with brain function . |
| 13 | BR say that there were notices telling people not to park in certain areas . |
| 14 | Another criticism of the Leeds adjournment system was that it added further stress to socially disadvantaged people already living under stressful conditions . |
| 15 | A constant need to control other people normally arises from deep insecurity and a lack of confidence in the self — a fear of being left and disbelief in the self being lovable . |
| 16 | Finally Wycliffe said : ‘ There must be people still living in this town who knew her well . |
| 17 | How very rum that people still write of these inventions with breathless awe . |
| 18 | People still think in racial terms , whereas we are pioneering multi-racial rugby as a way of life . |
| 19 | But people still shopped at different shops ? |
| 20 | With the exception of Radio Luxembourg 's popular entertainment programmes , few British people ever listened to foreign broadcasts . |
| 21 | People always protest against new forms of taxation , and in this case they will protest now when it is threatened , and again next year when half is imposed and half is threatened , and again in 1995 when the full effect is felt on fuel bills . |
| 22 | ‘ People always look for short-term enjoyment rather than gaining long-term spirituality . ’ |
| 23 | Most people also respond to personal therapy and attention . |
| 24 | Most of the lesser English people probably lived in sunken timber huts little different from their Romano-British and Germanic predecessors . |
| 25 | Around 5% of older people now live in sheltered housing provided by local authorities , housing associations , and , increasingly , by private developers . |
| 26 | Differentiated labour meant that people now differed from each other to a much greater extent , including in their consciences . |
| 27 | In fact , people often cope with any stress by turning to food or drink for comfort . |
| 28 | People often object to practising behaviours that they do not usually use on the grounds that it is n't natural . |
| 29 | Depressed people often complain of physical symptoms such as constipation and headaches . |
| 30 | People often talk to each other in order to lower their territorial barriers , to indulge in the pleasure of rapport , the sharing of common ground . |