Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 At a musical evening of the Upton Liberal and Radical Association , Nicholson attributed unemployment to the lack of confidence people had in the men who were directing the destiny of the world ( SE 1 February 22 ) .
2 Lots of day people go to the war and come back night people .
3 If you look at the amount of viewing of news people do throughout the day — then CNN has a reach comparable of those of the big networks .
4 One of the busiest streets was Fisherton for hundreds of country people flocked into the City , taking advantage of the very economical Saturday tickets offered by the railway .
5 The results so far are encouraging , although problems have arisen because of the requirement for business people to operate under the inflexible and bureaucratic financial controls to which government agencies have become inured over the years .
6 Much of the factory food we eat is so tasteless that in desperation people reach for the brown sauce , tomato ketchup or pickles to perk it up .
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