Example sentences of "people [Wh pn] have [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The photograph was there , but where now were the people who had posed for it , stiff and unsmiling , in their clothes all washed and ironed for the occasion ? |
| 2 | He always pitied people who had to ask for information . |
| 3 | Mrs Di Brown , a former secretary of Yarm Conservatives who now lives in Abbey Road , Darlington , said she felt sorry for people who had waited for an hour or more . |
| 4 | Of those people who had volunteered for redundancy , 49 per cent . |
| 5 | I am not attempting to compare the quality of the Territorial Army now and following national service , but the TA then consisted almost entirely of people who had served for two years on a full-time basis , and the level of skill and general martial ability was very high . |
| 6 | As there was little or no advance warning , those people who had paid for entertainment until 2am understandably felt short-changed . |
| 7 | And people who had bought their most recent non-routine purchase on credit — especially on HP or mail order — tended to worry more about money than people who had bought for cash . |
| 8 | Odd really , for a couple of Manchester-based people who 've gone for a progressive soul angle and eschewed any trendy trip . |
| 9 | But this left unresolved the basic problem that " those who take the decisions about what to spend money on are not the same people who have to account for it " ( Gretton and Harrison 1988 ) . |
| 10 | For there is n't one name from Northern Ireland among a list of 500 people who have applied for a holiday which promises to be ‘ out of this world ’ . |
| 11 | But with all the military might they may summon , they can never break the resolve the people who have suffered for too long under their rule . |
| 12 | People who have lived for very many years in any institution have considerable difficulties in coping with changes , even if the proposed changes are potentially to be welcomed . |
| 13 | Worst of all is watching those people who have to queue for their pensions and benefits in such dingy surroundings every week . |
| 14 | I feel very sorry for people who have to work for their living now , I really do . |