Example sentences of "people who [vb past] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed easier to do right by a people who wanted nothing than by peoples who clamoured for what you were not at all sure you wanted to give them . |
| 2 | Aleksandr Nikitenko spoke for many intellectuals when , in 1852 , he privately advised people who thought for themselves " to completely scorn this stupid nonsense , this contemporary life , while consoling yourself ( if you can ) with faith in a brighter future " . |
| 3 | Sir , — Can I thank the 20,033 people who voted for me last week . |
| 4 | The people who voted for what are called ‘ extremist ’ and ‘ fascist ’ parties in France and Germany seem to have mostly done so , however mistakenly , for one reason only : fear that the stability of their countries is threatened by unassimilable immigrants and bogus ‘ asylum-seekers ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ If you add up the people who voted for him and those who voted against him and those who did n't vote , you have to decide if that is a vote of confidence in him or not . ’ |
| 6 | The claim for nationalization was that public ownership would mean more commitment to those industries by the people who worked for them . |
| 7 | Not to mention all the people who worked for them . |
| 8 | Not that the Roman aristocracy did n't look after the people who worked for them — though people nowadays do n't like it when you say so — servants did n't sleep the way they did in Tsarist Russia or at Versailles before the revolution , but it still did n't seem good enough to Anna — I told you she was American ? — so Mena always had a nice room of her own ; later on too , at Brown 's Hotel . |
| 9 | Most important of all , he inspired the people who worked for him with a vision of what they were doing . |
| 10 | How could he have accepted such a proposal without letting down the fifty thousand people who worked for him ? |
| 11 | Stephen liked to be able to wrong-foot the people who worked for him and was a master at taking them off-guard . |
| 12 | And all the people who worked for him . |
| 13 | If the people who worked for her were happy , she felt , her guests were happy . |
| 14 | The comradeship , loyalty , support and enthusiasm of all the people who worked for me . |
| 15 | In two weeks I shall be speaking to the people who worked for me and campaigned and raised money when I thought I was as good as dead and buried . |