Example sentences of "people who [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe felt that he was getting to know the people who had been closest to the dead man . |
| 2 | These were a Tartar people who had been traditional enemies of the Lombards and the Eastern Empire at Constantinople for generations . |
| 3 | Highlander was a linkpin in the whole operation , bringing together many people who had been involved in land issues over a large geographical area , schools , community groups , local politicians , academics , and interested individuals Workshops at Highlander laid the foundations for articulation of the problems and a research methodology for establishing the relative facts and presenting them in a manner which would best suit community requirements . |
| 4 | The celebrations were for having pulled it off , but it was also time for many people who had been involved in the project to leave . |
| 5 | Jane Bradford , head of NatWest 's small business service , said people who had been unemployed possibly took more care over the initial planning , or were less likely to be optimistic than those who had quit their jobs . |
| 6 | Developed by a team of ex-Digital Research programmers , mainly people who had been responsible for the GEM environment , it was taken on by Xerox who , much to everyone 's amazement , managed to market the product worldwide . |
| 7 | It struck Nathan that these were all people who had been unable to get in . |
| 8 | We were poor and the people who came were poor . |
| 9 | Roy , administrator of the Higher Force Challenge , believes the young people who 've been involved in everything from assault to joyriding , respond to a ‘ simple thing called love ’ . |
| 10 | Erm , that that that that is a point where the discovery in itself , must have given a great deal of pleasure to a a er a number of people who 've been involved in the , in the research . |
| 11 | He sits by the door and I read in my chair , and we 're like two people who 've been married years . |
| 12 | ‘ I feel a pressure 'cause there ai n't that many people who 've been able to look , speak or represent the types of styles I have , but I ai n't doing this for everyone , I 'm just doing what I do best and that should be more than enough . ’ |
| 13 | Drenched in Shalimar , wearing her pearls , because her diamonds might make people who 'd been unable to change feel under-dressed , Enid awaited her guests , radiating regality . |
| 14 | The climbing and the people who climb are central to this book , and Dennis 's descriptions of both are rich , but rich with sensation , humanity , humour , magnanimity . |
| 15 | Most of the people who have been close to me over the years have been paid to be . |
| 16 | I 've known people who have been upset by , you know , |
| 17 | Four pilot Workstart schemes will be started , offering financial assistance to employers who take on people who have been long-term unemployed . |
| 18 | Alcohol Concern ( 1987 ) suggests that older people who have been regular drinkers may need to reduce by half the quantity of alcohol they consume . |
| 19 | Among some people who have been involved in negotiations at Geneva on laws-of-war matters there is a genuine concern that any neat set of rules limiting the use of nuclear weapons in one way or another might have the unfortunate effects either of weakening deterrence ; or else , contrariwise , of seeming to legitimise such uses of nuclear weapons as are not covered in any agreement ; or else of being nothing more than a paper accord , which would be of little real value in a conflict . |
| 20 | It involves predominantly young people who have been involved in taking vehicles without consent for many years . |
| 21 | At the very least , the discipline of being involved in some form of training will help counteract the feeling of lethargy that creeps over many people who have been unemployed for a long while — a characteristic which is very counterproductive in an interview . |
| 22 | Roger : Yes , in the ES , East Kent will be running a pilot of people who have been unemployed for more than two years . |
| 23 | That 's why we have put in place the most varied , comprehensive programme ever to help people who have been unemployed for six months or more . ’ |
| 24 | Employers who take on people who have been unemployed for longer than either two years or four years , depending on the pilot area , will be paid a subsidy related to average benefits . |
| 25 | It is very interesting to note that many people who have been unable to eat cheese because of headaches , migraines or digestive problems following its consumption are able to eat organically produced cheeses with no side effects . |
| 26 | Nowadays , with unemployment at an appallingly high level , it is far more likely that people who have been unable to find work are simply the victims of economic and political circumstances . |
| 27 | We encounter people who have been dead for years , or improbably have conversations with film stars or royalty . |
| 28 | Will he now reconsider his advice that local initiative will solve all these problems , given that he has undermined local initiative in the example quoted earlier about people who have been willing to put up £17 million of locally raised money for a project which was undermined by the Welsh Office ? |
| 29 | It is now widely accepted that the Chairmanship of the Bar is virtually a full time job , and the profession has been fortunate indeed in the people who have been prepared to take on that responsibility and make that commitment . |
| 30 | It is n't at all easy erm for people who have been accustomed to working in one system really to appreciate erm the nuances , the differences , the pressures on another system . |