Example sentences of "people [vb base] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People forget that we 've had forty years of scientific advance since the first atom bomb was dropped . |
| 2 | Some people say that they believe in the Devil but not in demons . |
| 3 | People say that they have gone to Switzerland . |
| 4 | The observer must distinguish between what people actually do and what people say that they do ; that is between normal custom as individually interpreted on the one hand and normative rules on the other . |
| 5 | Hon. Members may say that petrol stations are to be found in residential areas everywhere in the country and I do not dispute that , but in the area in question there is no shortage of petrol stations and the local people say that they do not want another one damaging their environment and that there is no need for it . |
| 6 | No , I do n't , and I get very cross when people say that he wasted his talent . |
| 7 | People say that I have changed as a person . |
| 8 | Many people say that it demonstrates Mrs Thatcher 's deplorable indifference to the relative importance of a senior Cabinet colleague and a mere half-cock academic adviser . |
| 9 | ‘ People say that you get over it , but you do n't , not really , not properly . ’ |
| 10 | people say that you went out with is that true ? |
| 11 | They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do . |
| 12 | Well , I mean actually , we would n't say that to him if he stuck something up in his front garden , that 's the reality ; people imagine that we have powers that we do n't have . |
| 13 | Proof of being a good person seems to me to be when other people show that they like , love or respect you . |
| 14 | When when when people receive that they tear that off and the flap drops down . |
| 15 | Well the old people complain that they 've been scared . |
| 16 | It would seem from the variety of hats people wear that anything goes . |
| 17 | Most people ensure that they spend their lives working for something which they think has a future , and which will provide the sort of life and opportunity that they wish for themselves and their dependants . |
| 18 | Most people know that they hawk and feed on other flies . |
| 19 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best and most subtle way to prevent such attacks is to ensure that the British people know that they have a Government who are taking the steps necessary to keep firm control of immigration and particularly to prevent people from abusing our immigration rules by entering this country under the bogus concept of being political refugees ? |
| 20 | There is a huge audience for television programmes like that ; people know that something needs to be done , either for themselves or for someone else . |
| 21 | then Sandy has n't given me a time but I think I 'd suggested to him between six and seven I think people like that they do n't have to go home and |
| 22 | He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know . |
| 23 | Once his appearance has been changed to identify him with the group ( it may be dyeing his hair shocking pink or wearing a big badge ) , then not only will other people assume that he has agreed to all the ideas and implications of the movement but he himself will be more likely to feel this to be true , even to throw all doubt to the four winds without further investigation . |
| 24 | Some people believe that they do not dream ; in fact they do , but they are unable to remember their dreams when they wake in the morning . |
| 25 | And even if they do not , will people believe that they have not done so ? |
| 26 | Some people believe that it helps in a night consultation to see a doctor you recognise . |
| 27 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 28 | Many people find that they drop their meditation practice or whatever it is at precisely the time when they think they need it most — i.e. when they are feeling most stressed . |
| 29 | Most people find that they have one primary substance or behaviour of addiction . |
| 30 | Disabled people find that they have to put a great deal of effort into making various authorities meet their ordinary everyday needs . |