Example sentences of "people have [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of functioning technology , people have obsessively tried to imaginatively invent it in advance , to anticipate the cultural apocalypse it will bring . |
| 2 | Another 14 people have since died in two apparent revenge attacks on vehicles in the area . |
| 3 | This has led officials from the Department of Antiquities to offer rewards to anyone who helps them recover a lost item , as happened in Kirkuk where some people have already received between two and three thousand Dinars ( less than £1 ) for turning items over to the Department . |
| 4 | Many people have already commented on their fascination and excitement at being able to study how Henry Moore lived and worked . |
| 5 | I just thought of it as learning what other people have already thought of a subject … physics seemed so much more dynamic somehow . |
| 6 | Central authority has collapsed , and 100,000 people have already died from the combined effects of the fighting and famine . |
| 7 | Some people have previously worked in the English companies when they were privatised and have some direct experience , but the majority have not . |
| 8 | erm so I mean for example with something like statistics that covers different techniques and activities from , you know , different books erm something like erm something like social most of it comes out of that which is a thing we did because people were experiencing difficulty with it so we thought well right we 'll , we 'll , we 'll sort of anchor the syllabus mostly to , you know , one particular book erm so different , different staff use different techniques , some people ha have drawn on a whole variety of things and , and , and some people have just drawn on one erm I think the main priority is to try and do some coursework though in your case erm |
| 9 | But other people have voluntarily talked to me about being gay in the context of AIDS . |
| 10 | People have rather forgotten about it , although that does n't stop the government taking legal action against former agents who want to write about it . ’ |
| 11 | It is the stuff in the video shop , to which people have consciously turned in preference to what is broadcast . |
| 12 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |
| 13 | ‘ People have often said to me that Audrey should have an affair . |
| 14 | However , people have often decided against the older churches because of past experiences which have led them to conclude : ‘ The church is full of hypocrites ! ’ |
| 15 | Defined in this way , most cal programs tend to be very restricted ; however , people have long seen in them much potential as resources . |
| 16 | People have long dreamed of an egalitarian society , a society in which all members are equal . |
| 17 | Some commentators are now claiming that the whole Green consumer wave was just a fashionable spasm , and that the vast majority of people have now reverted to their usual habits , regardless of their environmental impact . |
| 18 | People have then migrated towards using G U I typically at departmental level . |
| 19 | This was April 2nd , when Philip Morris admitted that one of the world 's most powerful ( and profitable ) brands was losing out to cheaper cigarettes most people have never heard of . |
| 20 | Can you imagine that these people have never listened to canned music or swigged a ‘ Coke ’ , never twiddled with radio frequencies , never seen Dallas on TV , never answered the phone , and never played Space Invaders ? |
| 21 | Many public relations people have never spoken on radio or appeared before the TV cameras , because the client usually speaks for himself . |
| 22 | Marmeladov 's huge notebook gesture towards Christ and the Russian people and suffering constitutes one warning that Dostoevsky was , at one stage , after something too big or too difficult or perhaps simply wrong for Crime and Punishment ; and Sonya 's declaration , again in the notebooks , makes a second : ‘ The Russian people have always suffered like Christ , says Sonya . ’ |
| 23 | But , ’ said Dierdriu , ‘ that is only one of many legends , and people have always talked of a great and mighty ruler who will appear from the ranks of the ordinary people and lead Ireland to greatness . ’ |