Example sentences of "[num] [adj] people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 300 displaced people crowded into the crypt of the San Roque Church and some 900 living on the sports field of the San Jose de la Montana seminary in San Salvador . |
| 2 | Leading environmentalist Medha Paktar and 400 others were arrested to prevent them commiting samarpan ( self-sacrifice ) in protest against the dam project , which would force 250,000 tribal people to move from the Narmada valley . |
| 3 | Allen , Hogg , and Peace undertook empirical research in three authorities where the care experiences of 100 old people living in the community but ‘ at risk ’ of residential care were compared with a similar number of old people living in residential care ( 52 in private homes and 51 in Local Authority homes ) . |
| 4 | There are 2,000 Italian-born people living in the North-East , according to Durham University lecturer Hugh Shankland , and many thousands more who are second , third and fourth generation Italians . |
| 5 | [ He will say later , ‘ If I 'd relaxed the standard there I 'd have had umpteen other people knocking on the door wanting to do precisely the same thing to save on trade effluent charges . ’ ] |
| 6 | The coffee bar saw thirteen young people converted during the year , who were baptised on profession of faith . |
| 7 | I think for a day 's er work it 's worth assessing the three top people identified with the six outside people that I 've identified who are you know in the next division down to see how they compare . |
| 8 | He 'd heard the story from three other people questioned in the village . |
| 9 | Three other people arrested after the shooting have been released without charge . |
| 10 | He conducted a survey of ‘ British genius ’ , examining the psychological , physical , and other characteristics of 1020 eminent people listed in the Dictionary of National Biography . |
| 11 | To build it they diverted the course of three rivers and uprooted many thousand poor people living in the Fleet Valley . |
| 12 | Mrs Lamport , of Harlsey Crescent , Hartburn , Stockton , became obsessed with her researches as she set out to trace 514 notable people named on the fan . |
| 13 | Taken across the industry , the Treasury has confirmed that 600,000 elderly people benefit from the relief which costs the Treasury some £50 million in ‘ lost ’ revenue . |
| 14 | An Egyptian man in a car was killed and nine other people injured in the latest of a spate of attacks by Muslim militants . |
| 15 | Nine other people arrested in the June demonstrations were released with Munteanu ; a further 43 , including National Democratic Party president Nica Leon , were released on Aug. 10 . |
| 16 | As I raised my hands above my head and let out a howl , two male People rushed into the cave . |
| 17 | Apart from Donna there were only two other people eating in the train 's dining car . |
| 18 | Four other people seen in the film were arrested on Jan. 30 . |