Example sentences of "[v-ing] thing [prep] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll have a terrible job explaining things to people , ’ she said firmly . |
| 2 | I think explaining things to people in lay terms is an incredibly difficult thing to do , highly skilled thing to do , and should not be diminished or sneered at . |
| 3 | Although I hated the very idea of selling things to people who might not want to buy them ( even if it was good for them ) I made quite a few sales , the main commission deriving from the sale of a Group Insurance Scheme to 32 men from the Times-Herald staff . |
| 4 | The very fact of suggesting things to people tends to result in inaccuracies . |
| 5 | See Mary Ann and Mitch are giving up on erm buying Christmas presents because she says you 're buying things for people and they everybody 's therefore I think that tokeny things are the best . |
| 6 | Alison presided in a relaxed way , finding things for people to do , drawing them out , drawing them in . |
| 7 | There was an abundance of help ( ‘ both seen and unseen ’ as one elder put it to me ) ; there was constant anxiety about the weather ; there was joy of meeting old friends and making new ones ; there was the amazing efficiency , imperturbability and the reticence of the treasury ; and the true pleasure of finding things for people . |