Example sentences of "people [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Somewhere out there are people who may or may not know of my existence , people I can call my own — ’ |
| 2 | one of those size people you 'll turn your head |
| 3 | Although she was penniless , she managed to get back to England : Margery never had much difficulty in finding people who would give her money to go a long , long way away . |
| 4 | For a start , there is the question of how to plan and predict the numbers of young people who will exercise their entitlement . |
| 5 | She is among about 250 people who will receive their degrees at a Newcastle City Hall ceremony . |
| 6 | Next you must identify the people who will receive your presentation . |
| 7 | For those people who can sever their own feet and lurch away , they got it round the neck later from a special breed of Tightness that lives in the baskets of flowers up lamp posts . |
| 8 | Is it any wonder that the only people who can afford their services are rich companies , millionaires and those who are lucky enough to get legal aid ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Doctors are the only people who can bury their mistakes and all that . |
| 11 | ‘ By the way , I checked on their story for the night Sir Ralph died ; both Sir Fulke and Rastani were absent from the Tower and there are people who can guarantee their whereabouts . ’ |
| 12 | People who could open my door were managers , agents , engineers and producers . |
| 13 | The relief of an interlude with one of the handful of people who could understand his feelings made him weep , which embarrassed them both . |
| 14 | Capitalism is the penultimate social system , where private ownership of the means of production and the full use of money exchange allows owners of capital to exploit the mass of nominally ‘ free ’ people who must sell their labour to survive . |
| 15 | ‘ If students wish to have a meeting or party which includes more than 10 people they must have my permission , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Like all truly charismatic people he can work his magic on both men and women . |
| 17 | As Ulster patriots we completely reject this dictatorship , believing that the Ulster people themselves must control their own affairs . |