Example sentences of "people [vb base] [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are things people want to do to you . |
| 2 | Yeah and er look I think the process is that you do work and you feel passionate about it , you wan na do it the best you think you 've done it as well as you can do it , and then you put it out in whatever form , in a T V series like Love Hurts or on stage like Alfie , or in an album like Midnight Postcards and you then just pray and hope that people want to listen to you , want to watch you , want to hear you . |
| 3 | People begin to write to him direct , seeking his collaboration in joint letters . |
| 4 | Which is why it 's a very good idea when you next go into your offices this afternoon , to rock the receiver , like this , because any camp ons put on the wrong extension on the ‘ ring no reply ’ camp on will be matured , on a first come first served basis , so that 's how people get to talk to you . |
| 5 | Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder . |
| 6 | Wenger ( 1984 ) , in discussing her North Wales data , argues that elderly people do turn to their children for support , but they do so reluctantly . |
| 7 | On occasion , older people do come to me and expect to be told their cholesterol level . |
| 8 | ‘ How many people have referred to it as theatre or television of the mind ? |
| 9 | The fact that these laws concerning mikva have survived until now shows the extent to which the Jewish people have clung to their faith even under adverse circumstances . |
| 10 | Erm what are the kind of comments that people have made to you about the flats ? |
| 11 | And we can think of other people like Mother Theresa too , in the face of so much er you know what people have said to her is , you know , do n't you think that er what you 're doing is just a drop in the ocean ? |
| 12 | Tons of people have said to me , ‘ Oh , it 's nice to have a rounded body ’ , but personally I 'm not very happy with the body I 've got . |
| 13 | ‘ So many people have said to me over the years that it is very sad I never bore Norman a child , that I only ever had stepchildren to love . |
| 14 | And people have said to me , what 's that Michael ? |
| 15 | Yeah , I 've just had my legs waxed for so long , and people have said to me do n't ever wax , do n't ever shave your legs , because it will grow back thicker , and it will grow back prickly , and I , you know , it is fairly fair |
| 16 | Well I think what people have said to me very often about the Community Charge is that they can see the er they can see the point of having a community charge which everybody pays and which actually brings in to the local taxation system the hundreds of thousands of people who were previously not paying any rates at all but were benefiting from local services . |
| 17 | A lot of people have said to us that our gigs remind them of when they 're in the bathroom , miming with a tennis racket , pouring water over their heads for that sweat experience . ’ |
| 18 | A lot of people have said to us that our gigs remind them of when they 're in the bathroom , miming with a tennis racket , pouring water over their heads for that sweat experience . ’ |
| 19 | The incident was reported in the press , however , and his secretary was quoted in one newspaper as saying , " Many Jewish people have written to him accusing him of anti-semitism . |
| 20 | It is the very same thing erm could I say that two people have written to me , two of my constituents and I do agree that that they have a point . |
| 21 | Erm , I think the scheme has been delayed for quite a long , well , I mean obviously it 's important to get this scheme off the ground and when people , and I 've had lots of phone calls and discussions about this , and when people have spoken to me I said , it 's important to bear in mind two things . |
| 22 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 23 | Consequently , enterprises are seen to be like the machines they contain and people have to relate to them accordingly . |
| 24 | ‘ People have suggested to me that changes have been coming more rapidly than they would like but that brings me back to the feeling that people intrinsically do n't like change . |
| 25 | nineteen thousand three hundred people have objected to it on petition . |
| 26 | Young people have got to what ? |