Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] people [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were also difficult to find because people stole them from libraries or tore out chapters . |
| 2 | Again perfectly good adaptive reasons — they have two pairs of fins for the same reason that sensible aeroplanes , i.e. the aeroplanes that I used to design before people went crazy , have a wing in the front and a tailplane behind , and basically they do so because two surfaces — one in front of the other like that — is the minimum number of surfaces needed if you want to produce a vertical force through any point along your body . |
| 3 | The birth rate is notoriously difficult to predict as people remain very capricious in their decisions about when , and how many , children to have . |
| 4 | We intend to ask the local government commission , which we hope to set up , to consider whether people want unitary authorities to be treated as part of historical counties for certain traditional or non-administrative purposes such as sport , a theme to which I shall return . |
| 5 | In wartime , pitted against an enemy in front and otherwise surrounded by Soviet divisions , it is difficult to see how conscripts would have any choice other than to fight as people do when their lives are at stake . |
| 6 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
| 7 | Word meanings are especially liable to change because people learn them by hearing them in context rather than by looking up the ‘ standard ’ definition , and the inferences they draw can vary . |
| 8 | Mr Wood said he had gone to investigate after people had been seen in the area with bull terriers , the dogs most commonly used for fighting badgers . |
| 9 | It 's not as hard to learn as people think . |
| 10 | Excitement changed to despair as people realized it was n't the bus — only a car , which crawled past us . |
| 11 | I have to see whether people laugh with recognition . |
| 12 | a yuppie crop to sprout when people stopped |
| 13 | Markets are much the same … the trick is to spot when people want a change or risk business extinction |
| 14 | It provides a lever for the grief process to begin as people start to recognize what is taking place . |