Example sentences of "[conj] people [vb base] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know for a fact that people have actually got the wind that this pub is going to be on sale , on sale |
| 2 | Losses of the one pound coin during its year of introduction were also alarmingly high , although people have now begun to take better care of them . |
| 3 | I have found that erm it seems basically to be a very pessimistic kind of fiction , more pessimistic than people have often given it credit for , largely because they tend to see , for example in Dashiell Hammett , who 's the author I 'm most interested in from this period , erm a precursor of a lot of heroes , private eyes , who were said to have a very kind of steely moral integrity , which they balance against a general corruption in the world outside , and it does seem to me that in fact with Hammett the detective mirrors the corruption of that world as much as he stands against it , so that it does seem to me rather pessimistic . |
| 4 | Once you have achieved your aim of being assertive , and people have perhaps carried out tasks that you have assertively asked them to do , you can show your appreciation . |
| 5 | But , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ that is only one of many legends , and people have always talked of a great and mighty ruler who will appear from the ranks of the ordinary people and lead Ireland to greatness . ’ |
| 6 | Several independent and authoritative bodies and people have recently confirmed the potentially damaging economic impact of a Single Currency on the Members of the EEC . |
| 7 | And people have actually moved quite a long way in the direction of actually working out their own finances . |
| 8 | He was n't badly hurt but people have since told me that shock sometimes starts the onset of diabetes . |
| 9 | But people have always lied ! |
| 10 | I usually call myself half German because people get so fed up with all the Germans who say they 're Austrian . ’ |
| 11 | We started everything from scratch , which is nice , because people get so stuck in their ways : you walk into a professional studio and things are always done in a certain way . |
| 12 | ‘ The loss of a pet can be just as upsetting as the death of a member of the family because people become so attached to them , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Members can present petitions at the close of business of the House each day , but in future should we disregard them because people have merely put their signatures to something which , according to the Minister , they may not give a damn about ? |
| 14 | Erm let's see , usually what happens is there 's an exam board in June after people have hopefully done all their coursework and , and done their exams and then we decide what to do with the people er you know who 've failed something or there 's stuff missing |
| 15 | Table 22 of Appendix 1 shows that when people have recently bought a major item for cash rather than credit , half did so either because they never use credit or because they prefer not to if they can avoid it . |