Example sentences of "[pers pn] to people " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of these groups is not to provide any romantic possibilities ( although that may happen ) , but to provide contact and support by introducing you to people who have similar problems to yourself . |
| 2 | ‘ Our neighbour has advised Father to show you to people , for money ! |
| 3 | ‘ Come , let me introduce you to people . |
| 4 | It does n't mean , it does n't endear you to people does it ? |
| 5 | I walk with a frame so Karen gave me a hand and took me round and introduced me to people . ’ |
| 6 | My ex-wife would go around telling extraordinary stories about me to people , and I discovered that I 'd lost a lot of friends . |
| 7 | My master finally realized that he could make a fortune by showing me to people all over the country . |
| 8 | Right in the course of our er er com our meetings Danny erm I will be asking you to recommend me to people but if , but only if you feel that this meeting has been of some benefit to you . |
| 9 | Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it |
| 10 | Take decisions away from bureaucracies and give them to people : that is the principle . |
| 11 | A useful analysis of the way in which different levels of management may be involved in the functions of budgeting is provided by Davies ( 1984 ) who uses Anthony 's three levels of management and relates them to people in Figure 4.3 . |
| 12 | Use the first visit to take visitors on a tour of the school to introduce them to people and , most importantly , to show them children at work . |
| 13 | David Poole , who was to play the leading soldier , told me that ‘ I thought sometimes he worked out his ideas for ballets on his puppets , then simply transferred them to people ’ . |
| 14 | Charles II found land grants very convenient ; he could give them to people who at the beginning of the century would have asked for monopolies and he could feel confident that these grants would not rouse the hostility in England that monopolies had caused . |
| 15 | Leave out obscure remarks , jargon , and private jokes , otherwise you 'll have to keep explaining them to people all evening . |
| 16 | So I I would erm you know , quite often get bags of clothes , and s we sorted them out , and give them to people with erm quite large families and erm we used to also get some for the tenants ' association for the jumble sales . |
| 17 | The duck is precisely the sort of person who buys second-hand postcards and carries them round and sends them to people . |
| 18 | Here well-dressed factory representatives show up once a week and sell their goods at 30 per cent discount to wholesalers who then sell them to people like Marta — but not before a hard haggle for the best deal . |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't trust them to people who 've had a year to get ready and still manage to come two hours late . |
| 20 | But it seemed a shame not to send them to people who need shoes . |
| 21 | Th th the final the final sort of sick joke was the fact that erm having having disposed of the fingers to the theatre , the hospital they 'd got this box of ice lollies so they proceeded then to give them to people ! |
| 22 | Is anybody else going to want any sandwiches or sausage rolls , as if not we will give them to people outside . |
| 23 | In fact , it 's quite useful to expose him to people from outside the Unit , within reason . |
| 24 | The hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) shakes his head , but he should come to my constituency and I will introduce him to people who can not pay the poll tax because they simply do not have the money . |
| 25 | I had to start introducing her to people and places outside the home environment . |
| 26 | Her father , a dark , sarcastic , pharisaically proud man whom she worshipped , started to introduce her to people as ’ My fat daughter ’ . |
| 27 | At her side , introducing her to people , encouraging her to elaborate on some of her ideas for the future , Luke was urbane , expressing only suave approval , and no one could have guessed at the personal contempt he felt for her , not a hint of it — or anything else personal either — allowed to show through his sophisticated public manner . |
| 28 | When I have shown it to people it even scares me ; your heart really starts to beat , you see the intensity of the situation . |
| 29 | Crazy ! in search of machines to enable the group to form , I put together a solicitation brochure and sent it to people in the US . |
| 30 | Y'know , instead of trying to explain it to people all the time . |