Example sentences of "[num] people [Wh pn] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who was killed was one of three people who attacked a crew from the international television news agency , Visnews , 50 yards from the Marines ' post at the airport entrance . |
| 2 | I 'm an administrator by background , and I think that 's interesting , because one of the things that we are trying to do in the health service is to open up our management posts to people of all professions , and to recognise that management is not the prerogative of any particular group , but that we 're looking for the right people to manage our services from wherever they might come , and I 'm one of three people who has a responsibility to the senior manager in the community at the top , for the managing on a day-to-day basis the health services in Oxfordshire . |
| 3 | POLICE have praised three people who detained a suspect following a smash and grab raid at an Essex jeweller 's shop . |
| 4 | An appeal by Landsbergis for Lithuanians to come to the defence of parliament was answered by several thousand people who formed a cordon around the building . |
| 5 | According to research conducted in the US , nine out of ten people who buy a computer end up bitterly regretting the decision . |
| 6 | Consider the case of two people who refer a dispute to an arbitrator . |
| 7 | ‘ We know of two people who had a row recently , do n't we ? ’ |
| 8 | Meanwhile two people who attended a timeshare seminar at Sutton Hall last year have complained to The Northern . |
| 9 | Take , for example , two people who have a problem in realizing that God really loves them — so that mention of God 's holiness inspires only terror or guilt . |