Example sentences of "many people [vb past] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preliminary results reinforced what many people had suspected about the state of private and public sector housing . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He wondered how many people had died on the end of that rope . |
| 4 | So many people had died during the siege either from wounds or illness that a considerable quantity of private stores had accumulated . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Many people had worked on the paper for twenty years , and never once come face to face with the Editor . |
| 7 | 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 . |