Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant . |
| 2 | The Ramblers ' Association said it welcomed any measures that allowed more people to walk in the countryside , and assistant director David Baskine said : ‘ It is important that the proposals will not offer payment to farmers who own land where public access is already allowed . ’ |
| 3 | I saw three people hit in the face , one above the eye , one in the ear , one on the nose , blood streaming down them . |
| 4 | Then , suddenly , from behind Giles , she saw three people come through the door , and her expression froze . |
| 5 | ‘ I heard glass breaking and saw three people heading for the door , ’ said 37-year-old Dean , a modern art lover . |
| 6 | Anyone who went to the tall ships race in Belfast and saw 500,000 people thronging through the city centre day after day could see the determination of the people of Belfast to lead their lives normally . |
| 7 | ‘ I saw two people hurt on the bridge about 500 metres from where the bomb went off . |
| 8 | How much did these people know about the likely profitability of the books ? |
| 9 | He asked 499 people arrested during the Detroit riot of 1967 to recall how they had reacted to television pictures of previous US riots . |
| 10 | So we had eight people huddled over the desk arguing about the sound . |
| 11 | Exchanges of gunfire between the riot police and retired Sandinista soldiers reportedly left 12 people wounded in the capital , Managua , on July 20-21 . |
| 12 | Barry Pearson , principle environmental health officer , said 150 people packed into the Conservatory bar on Friday night its capacity is 75 . |
| 13 | St Bartholomew 's hospital surgical manager Ian Johnson said two people died at the scene of the blast . |
| 14 | ( Perhaps they despatched certain people to chop down the trees and make the charcoal ? |
| 15 | He seems to be above , or able to cut through , all the normal suspicions that alienated young people have of the ‘ Establishment ’ in a quite remarkable way . |