Converse of subject

• buy: Fifty years ago the chapel was bought by the townspeople and opened as a museum.

Converse of object

• warn: The doctor tries to warn the townspeople of this danger.

• tell: Today is when your new Town Mayor has the opportunity to tell the townspeople of his or her plans for the coming year.

• hear: The townspeople heard about this new dish and came to the Malmesbury Abbey to try it.

• allow: As a result 178 boroughs were granted permission to allow the townspeople to have their own councils.

• serve: In all these offices he served the townspeople well.

Adjective modifier

• local: Local townspeople thronged to ' open days ' in early December.

• wealthy: The shows were free, paid for by wealthy townspeople who wanted to become popular with ordinary people.

• various: Pacing is incredibly slow and there are few action scenes, there is however a lot of characterisation and interplay between the various townspeople.

• other: JESS HAROLD aims the gun, but then gets trampled by the other townspeople.

Modifies a noun

• greeting: Birthday List It's important to give townspeople greetings and gifts on their birthday, to get in their good graces.