Example sentences of "[verb] people [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , I want people to like me . |
| 2 | That probably is n't true because all of us want people to like us . |
| 3 | I just want people to give me a chance to help others . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps the former are slower ; or perhaps they are doing it because they want people to say they are working hard . |
| 5 | A huge orange and black van with the full the name of the owner on it of course , because if you want to advertise something a removal van is one of the best things in the world for putting an advert on if you want people to see it that is . |
| 6 | I WANT PEOPLE TO NOTICE ME |
| 7 | I want people to tell me exactly how they feel , because I find that , when people speak exactly what they feel , it 's usually what I feel too . |
| 8 | ‘ Our five-point charter covers provision , access , hygiene , design and facilities for parents , ’ she says , ‘ and we want people to tell us what improvements they 'd like . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Chettle , working from the Middlesbrough office of Cleveland Arts , speaks excitedly of projects being undertaken in the area , saying : ‘ We want people to know they are happening . ’ |
| 10 | The band spent a fortune on chrysanthemums , employing people to distribute them at every gig . |
| 11 | One hesitates over publicising these things for fear of sparking imitations , but you 're going to read about it somewhere so it might as well be here — over the past few weeks it has become clear that setting up telescopes to watch people tapping their numbers into automatic teller machines and then scavenging for discarded receipts bearing the account number is a really outdated way of defrauding banks and their customers — these days , you set up a bogus teller machine of your own and record the card details as the customer keys in the number : in the latest instance , a gang in Manchester , Connecticut set up a mobile teller machine in the Buckland Hills Mall Associated Press reports , sabotaged the other machines in the shopping mall to encourage people to use it , and later wheeled the machine away and debriefed it on all its card secrets , using the data to make up counterfeit cards which were subsequently used to withdraw cash from the accounts in the New York area ; moral — stick to machines you know . |
| 12 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 13 | But now the firm which employs 150 people in Belle Vale Road , Gateacre , wants people to see it as a classy and versatile product . |
| 14 | The right hon. Gentleman wants people to let him spend their money rather than spending it themselves . |
| 15 | ‘ He made his money in them , ’ Patrick gravely explained , ‘ and now he tries to pretend he did n't , because he wants people to think he 's always been rich . |
| 16 | I do n't want readers getting the wrong idea about this letter , but the compulsion to write came on seeing people like Jeff Young , who thinks I Should Be So Lucky is a good song ( well , it probably is , if you 're 10 years old ) ; Norman Jay , who does n't want bands to get in touch if all they want is a record deal ; Mick Clarke , who ‘ wants people to tell him what he 's listening to is good ’ , then only signs people he likes , etc . |
| 17 | Whatever the structure , an organisation needs people to make it work and hence the need to take into account the roles of individuals , their beliefs , values , motivations and how they interact with each other and with groups . |
| 18 | Wanting to be beautiful , wanting people to find us attractive , is a desire which is planted in girls at a very early age . |
| 19 | We went along to a ballooning club and pestered people to let us have a free flight . |
| 20 | ‘ How can you expect people to take you seriously , if you do n't have any convictions about anything ? ’ |
| 21 | You ca n't expect people to tell you this , tell you that . |
| 22 | They are training people to do it that way , to batter people down . ’ |
| 23 | Like Henry James , she found the tiny ‘ germ ’ in a happening , and then had to create people to bring it about ; unlike Turgenev , who began with creating people , and then watched and listened for what they would do or say . |
| 24 | and are , are employing and paying people to work them but they do n't ever seem to come to any let's say reportable conclusion about the cost of operations . |
| 25 | ‘ The Government allowed people to believe it was always going to be good . |
| 26 | Have you had people to see you ? ’ |
| 27 | In addition , mentally handicapped people have a right to expect people to understand them and accept them within the society of which they are a part ; a right to be born and a right to live . |
| 28 | ‘ Normally we do n't like people to see them at this stage . |
| 29 | I knew she had this little vanity that she did n't like people to see her with her spectacles on . |
| 30 | We do like people to give us a commitment on the spot on on all of those three counts . |