Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] people [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter would it not be possible to from groups of say eight people who live in the same area to cope with the tea ? |
| 2 | " It 's only — well , I thought I 'd ask you — how she looked when — I mean they say some people who die like that , they look sort of , their faces … " |
| 3 | Never mock other people who find the work difficult ( you know how much you hate being laughed at ) . |
| 4 | If the problems involve young people it is convenient to blame school teachers . |
| 5 | The beauty of these is ( a ) they require very little labour from the person indulging in them : you leave that kind of thing to the toiling masseuse or sinewy aromatherapist ( b ) they 're prettily packaged and attractive to use ( c ) they often involve other people who can supply your spiritual needs by becoming a confessor to you while you 're on the slab/under the thumb/ getting oiled . |
| 6 | This examination incorporates financial , language and commercial components and support those people who want to build up essential business skills . |
| 7 | I hope those people who came to Ayresome Park tonight enjoyed the game . |
| 8 | There was n't room for two good friends , let alone people who hardly knew each other , to work at the same time . |
| 9 | Within these places , it is often supposed , reside mad people who sometimes have to restrained in straightjackets , defecate in public , and constantly take off their clothes . |
| 10 | ‘ The youngest watches TV like every other little boy , and from that he thinks that prison is a place where they put bad people who 've done terrible things , ’ explains Margaret . |
| 11 | It 's a bit they , I mean these people they even do interest free credit |
| 12 | Now surely we owe these people something better than this surely there 's got the wickedness out or the intelligence to get this thing off the ground . |
| 13 | There 's just this , it 's just really funny cos I sound really wrecked yeah and I say look hello , hello look Norwegian people I just want to apologize for all this mess and all this crap on this tape but I mean yeah like you know , fuck it |
| 14 | While the older cities and regions lose jobs and output , the areas in easy distance of London gain employment , receive the benefits of State investment , and attract better-off people who create jobs for others in both the public and private sectors . |
| 15 | And a lot of them have emotional problems ; I mean one of the girls I talked to here who 's dealing with calls says it 's difficult , you get some people who get very angry with you because you do n't have news for them . |
| 16 | You know you know some people they lose them a bit young do n't they . |
| 17 | You do n't need to hoard them for years , I know some people who hoard receipts for years . |
| 18 | Now that 's fine , but I know some people who are in the city centre every , on Saturday , feel very guilty if they 're not constantly giving , and I do think we want to get that balance . |
| 19 | You know some people I mean er , er they 're really bad |
| 20 | Oh look you always get these people we have just witnessed the top London club suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of . |
| 21 | I mean one of the problems with probation I think to a certain extent is that er obviously if you get these people who keep going into prison and coming out again , er it 's really pretty difficult to erm er influence their behaviour positively probably . |
| 22 | I am 17 years old and I know many people who enjoy ‘ real ’ traditional music — no matter what speed it is played at , or how loud it is . |
| 23 | I know many people who do worse things , but I 'd rather listen to all of them than to this man Monks . |
| 24 | Erm we get complaints from you know good people who get pestered by them . |
| 25 | But , I know black people who are watching me in the audience or on the TV are thinking it 's a black versus white thing . |
| 26 | We know we are part of a great community and so we now stand Lord as we remember those people who have been a part a part of this particular community to give thanks for their life and to give thanks for them . |
| 27 | ‘ You get young people who appear to be socially confident and assured in the outside world but inside they are remarkably immature and insecure . |
| 28 | I know four people who are going to the party and that 's it . |
| 29 | But she said but having white you know most people you speak to say oh white you should n't have white because of this and because of that . |
| 30 | I suppose some people who are in receipt of social benefits might say their benefits are very , very small , come nowhere near covering the true cost to them and their families are having to foot the bill for a lot of what 's done , and sometimes , when maybe their allowances are cut by a little bit , they might think ‘ erm well perhaps if the Oxfordshire County Councillors had cut a little bit of their attendance allowances maybe I could have little bit more ’ . |