Example sentences of "that people [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hannah may have gone without most of the comforts that people take for granted , but at least she had emotional warmth and stability , wrapped as she was in the cocoon of a caring family — her mother , her grandparents , and for a little time her tragic father , all around her . |
| 2 | She turned back to Elinor and said in the rather loud , slow , and contrived voice that people use for the deaf , ‘ I 've brought you a surprise , Nell . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I believe our vote would have been very substantially higher had it not been for the fear , the concern , that people had for the prospect of a Labour government , ’ Mr Ashdown said , adding that the election showed Labour could not fight the Conservatives , even in the depths of a recession . |
| 4 | ‘ I believe our vote would have been very substantially higher had it not been for the fear , the concern , that people had for the prospect of a Labour government , ’ Mr Ashdown said , adding that the election showed Labour could not fight the Conservatives , even in the depths of a recession . |
| 5 | She goes , No but the point is that people kill for drugs which probably is right , I do n't know , so she says , We 're just not coming down . |
| 6 | He called Sophie and listened while her voice ran through the little script that people write for answerphones , then doubled his double Scotch and went back to the window . |
| 7 | Commenting upon the teaching of reading the report takes teachers to task for effectively teaching the mechanics of reading but failing in the process to help children recognise that reading was ‘ something that people did for pleasure , . |
| 8 | By and large I do not believe that people want for profit organisations running human service delivery . |
| 9 | By wishes I am referring to the internal directions and aspirations that people have for their own professional lives and development : their preferences , their ambitions , their chosen career path , their enthusiasms and above all their values . |
| 10 | Yeah well I I I obviously I would say this but er I think it 's the best opportunity that people have for a career direction because we we 've redirected a lot of people 's careers in this aspect . |
| 11 | Clearly , the homes and household objects that people adopt for purposes of personal and social identity frequently change their nature . |
| 12 | It was The Echo a name that is slightly bogus to me , like the names of newspapers that people work for in fiction , such as The Megaphone , The Clarion , or The Bugle . |
| 13 | It is inevitably a part of the normal grieving process that people search for the dead person in a multitude of ways , but it is very necessary for friends of the bereaved to help them choose carefully . |
| 14 | The London Weather Centre said that people travelling for the holiday weekend will face more rain tomorrow and Sunday . |