Example sentences of "[pers pn] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because I go home and I people say , Oh where are you working ? |
| 2 | Last week I was quite ill , I people |
| 3 | The former aristocratic standards of who and what was acceptable were now dumped ; everyone wanted to belong to the new meritocracy , based not on birth but on talent , achievement , and the resultant financial reward — the with-it people , as opposed to the dull , unwith-its . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , I 've been bounced around like a rubber ball between you people for a couple of months now . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't want to impose on you people , I … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You people are the problem . |
| 7 | Why are n't you people in bed ? |
| 8 | It is a task which some of the more well-bred staff in the royal household find frankly distasteful — the private secretary to the Prince of Wales , Sir John Riddell , reputedly once told a producer from Thames Television , working on a fortieth birthday tribute to the Prince , that ‘ dealing with you people is like having one 's private parts slowly nibbled by rats ’ — but they go along with it because the deferential attitude of most of the media is the means of engaging popular support for the ins of monarchy . |
| 9 | Trying to defend himself from the verbal barrage , Col Mladenovic moved closer to his two bodyguards and said softly : ‘ You people left the Army . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh yes , you people have to have a nothingth floor . ’ |
| 11 | As Vicious Weasel cried , ‘ What do you people want ? ’ |
| 12 | When the Bashkirs , supported by Lenin and a minority of the leadership , complained at being deprived of the autonomous republic , the secretary of the central executive told them , ‘ That whole autonomous republic which you take so seriously is only a game to keep you people busy . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You know , ’ he said , ‘ you people have a habit sometimes of coming here to Israel with some specific details and thinking that from them you can deduce some universal truth . |
| 14 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 15 | What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel : ‘ The fathers eat sour grapes , and the children 's teeth are set on edge ’ ? |
| 16 | ‘ Well , there 's no need for you people to go all that way back and round , ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Karelius slowly , ‘ so do I. As you say , the letter would have to be composed very carefully , for I do n't suppose the Grand Army have any more respect for the privacy of the mail than you people . |
| 18 | ‘ You people will bear the brunt of the fighting : others , I think , will take the glory . ’ |
| 19 | You people will be , as it were , the bouc émissaire . ’ |
| 20 | But , ’ she paused here and then thoughtfully continued , ‘ you people are a lot bigger than we were . |
| 21 | ‘ British soldiers are the best in the world , ’ a schoolmaster told his class , adding , for the benefit of the Kindertransporte pupils , ‘ You people did not think we had it in us . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You people know how to survive . |
| 23 | It 's just that you people probe into all sorts of things . |
| 24 | What is wrong with you people ? |
| 25 | Shame on you people ! |
| 26 | ‘ I have to be careful what I say — I come from Poland and we are very outspoken in my country and I have noticed that in this country you people take offence very easily . |
| 27 | ‘ You people come down here to perform , and you 're obviously really experienced , and we wonder where you 've sprung up from , ’ they comment , a little defensively . |
| 28 | I thought you people kept top security at all times . ’ |
| 29 | In a tremulous voice she whispered : ‘ Who are you people ? ’ |
| 30 | You people just love finding things to get upset about . |