Example sentences of "people [vb base] they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local people say they 'll keep fighting to get it banned . |
| 2 | And what sort of price are we talking about when people say they ought to have a computer ? |
| 3 | ‘ It 's certainly true that if people suggest they will go to the appeal procedure then we will do almost everything we can to avoid that , which means in some cases we 're letting people get away with something that you would n't let others get away with , simply because they 're being difficult — well , not being difficult , they would be just exercising their rights . ’ |
| 4 | Some people reckon they can sleep on the proverbial clothes line , but most of us need a bed and a comfortable one at that . |
| 5 | We now know that opinion polls are almost meaningless except as a rough guide to the sort of views that people believe they ought to express in public . |
| 6 | And people believe they would believe this country , although I 'm very grateful to be here . |
| 7 | Some people find they can distinguish between the vibration pattern made by people talking , running water , a knock at the door , footsteps , music . |
| 8 | Most people find they can improve their recall of dreams with practice . |
| 9 | People feel they can tell a lot from a handshake and they are quite right . |
| 10 | But surely , if people feel they can produce something which will stand up to repeated inspection , one should expect only the very best . |
| 11 | people think they ought to do something for you . |
| 12 | Parochial self-interest — People think they will lose something of value as a result . |
| 13 | I do n't know whether people think they can move a dust extract in an hour or two hours . |
| 14 | People think they can spend them anywhere and they can not . ’ |