Example sentences of "many people [verb] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I usually start at the walls because I find it easier to think up the general colour scheme first , but many people prefer to start with the floor because they automatically think of carpet and presume that this will be the most expensive item . |
| 2 | The preliminary results reinforced what many people had suspected about the state of private and public sector housing . |
| 3 | The individuals interviewed were asked how many people had participated in the most recent assessment and review they had attended and how long these usually took . |
| 4 | He wondered how many people had died on the end of that rope . |
| 5 | So many people had died during the siege either from wounds or illness that a considerable quantity of private stores had accumulated . |
| 6 | However , foreign commentators were almost unanimous in assessing that the less-than-ringing endorsement for the preservation of the union , especially in the Russian Federation and the Ukraine , represented a blow to Gorbachev 's authority ( many people had looked upon the referendum as little short of a vote of confidence in Gorbachev ) . |
| 7 | Many people had worked on the paper for twenty years , and never once come face to face with the Editor . |
| 8 | He told police many people hated working in the hangar and the thought had just come into his head that something had to be done . |
| 9 | How many people have heard of the Clun Railway ? |
| 10 | ‘ No doubt many people have complained about the difficulty of the question . |
| 11 | Rogers and Burdge ( 1972 , 264 ) have also provided a definition of a community which provides a useful insight into why so many people have moved into the countryside in recent years , since it reads : |
| 12 | In particular , many people have moved to the Wirral peninsula and they commute to Liverpool through the Mersey tunnel or by ferry . |
| 13 | Since the locality in the case of a rural community is a village , with obvious territorial limits in contrast to the more amorphous boundaries of suburban neighbourhoods , many people have migrated to the countryside in search of a more friendly and obviously defined community . |
| 14 | That has been the cornerstone of the TA concept , and many people have protested about the changes because activities in and around the TA and the drill hall created a culture of its own , certainly in many working class communities . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ Too many people want to go to the festival and we have just not got the space to accommodate them . ’ |
| 16 | Chairman , the last speech was really explaining what I want to get over the fact that so many people want to talk on the issue and to complicate the issue . |