Example sentences of "[that] people [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also the danger with sending a letter that people may misread it — or just look at it and not read it properly . |
| 2 | ‘ We all grew up with American films , but looking like me there was no way on earth that people would think I was an actor . |
| 3 | ‘ We all grew up with American films , but looking like me there was no way on earth that people would think I was an actor . |
| 4 | What I would find off-putting is the idea that people would see me as a divorced man 's bit of light relief . |
| 5 | He was too concerned that people should like him to be really frightening . |
| 6 | Speaking in Record Mirror , Johnny Marr answered accusations of arrogance accordingly. : ‘ It always surprises me that people should call us arrogant or pretentious . |
| 7 | I I 've I 've been trying to see the 's about it and about getting copies of some of his poems so that people could see them you know . |
| 8 | Friends may refrain from expressing any sympathy because they feel that it might be inappropriate and embarrassing for her , and she may be feeling that people will regard her as a hypocrite if she gives way and weeps , although she may need to do this for a variety of reasons , one of them being not so much for what she has lost , but for what she never had . |
| 9 | Simon , a manager who , at 39 , is the oldest person questioned , says : ‘ The idea that people will think it is in some way impressive to be seen drinking low-alcohol muck is obvious nonsense . ’ |
| 10 | The government believes that people will love it for abolishing counties like Humberside , which proud Yorkshiremen have always refused to acknowledge . |
| 11 | Being a good listener is not only useful because you will hear what others miss , but you will find that people will tell you things that they shield from others . |
| 12 | Is n't the danger with using an expensive sound the probability that people will take it straight , as un-ironic luxury ? |
| 13 | Handing out free pitch repairers might help a bit , but it does n't guarantee that people will use them . |
| 14 | Better , fit a true mains switch ( e.g. a cord switch on the primary side of the transformer ) and hope that people will use it instead of the on-off switch on the radio . |
| 15 | It is a reasonable assumption that people will find it easier to accept a product if it appears in a context into which they could fit themselves , being used by people whom they could — or would like to — resemble . |
| 16 | ‘ If these two concepts are interpreted too simply , there 's a danger that people will believe we have to ensure only that the customer is satisfied or delighted . |
| 17 | It suggests that there are universal human qualities , and that people can recognize them in Shakespeare 's dramas , over the centuries and through many cultural mediations . |
| 18 | The calls of killer whales vary from group to group and these dialects are so distinct that people can tell them apart . |
| 19 | ‘ They 're putting her in a cage so that people can see her . |
| 20 | We want to change the whole concept of how dance music is appreciated , so that people can see it for what it is . |
| 21 | Well yo you would n't think they 'd do that when they know that people can hear you . |
| 22 | And the nice thing was that people used to join us . |
| 23 | Not that people used to let you know about they were hard up I mean , they just would n't would they ? |
| 24 | She said : ‘ The irony is that people used to think I was terribly strong — particularly after that commercial — but I had never managed to cope with life at all . |