Example sentences of "people [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have a nice weekend , keep on taking the pills yeah well you know what it 's like y'know there 'll be so many people dying for this to fail well they do n't know what 's going on but but all they 'll get is one call interception which says I ca n't get through I ca n't get through , or I 've tried this number and it does n't work and blah you know usual thing but right I must keep on taking the Buffalo Bills . |
| 2 | It was also one of the main reasons for people returning for more training . |
| 3 | There 'll be a lot of people vying for those places as well . |
| 4 | You , you go for a job and there 's two hundred people going for that one job . |
| 5 | He was a little surprised when she said no and even more so when she told him that he was wasting the doctor 's time — there were sick people waiting for these beds . |
| 6 | And as packing can take half the time of the total removal and even more in certain circumstances , most people opt for that . |
| 7 | We shall also reduce the number of hours required for people to qualify for that benefit . |
| 8 | People talk for all sorts of reasons — to express emotions , to ‘ let off steam ’ , to impress other people , to be the life and soul of the party to instruct and inform . |
| 9 | They argue that a continuation of Green Belt restrictions in their present form will turn the countryside into a ghetto for rich commuters while local people pay for this rural idyll in homelessness and unemployment . |
| 10 | Elderly people pay for this according to their income , which has to be declared in full , but those on very small incomes may have nothing to pay at all . |
| 11 | Is the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnor ( Mr. Livsey ) aware of the statistics from the United States , where a national minimum wage was introduced in about 1947 when unemployment among the unskilled black people was lower that among white people , as the black people worked for less ? |
| 12 | ‘ When you play live , ’ opines the maestro , ‘ there are thousands of people screaming for more , paying good money to watch you perform . |
| 13 | as if you were something , somebody very special and again it 's a big con and it , they must think people fall for this |
| 14 | ‘ How can we motivate our neighbourhood to become a harmonious community where people care for each other and collaborate in answering their common needs ? ’ |
| 15 | Utilitarian knowledge is related to those non-professional vocations in which the majority of people work for most of their adult life . |