Example sentences of "and [adj] people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals . |
| 2 | Steve explains : ‘ Vital evidence has been stolen , official records lost or destroyed , the deck log book of an American vessel in the area at the time of the disaster has been rewritten , and six people linked to the disaster , including one witness , have died in unusual circumstances . ’ |
| 3 | Oxford regional health Authority is to merge with east Anglia , a hundred and ninety people work at the Oxford Headquarters , they do n't know if they 'll keeping their jobs . |
| 4 | For of course the Pacific is still influenced by the Atlantic that once dominated the world : the ties that bound the world together yesterday — personified by the men and women who came out from the West to trade or to peddle religion , to colonize , annex , smuggle or fight — these ties still exist today , though more weakly , with less influence and fewer and fewer people enrolled in the process . |
| 5 | The " National Dialogue for Peace and Development " was formally launched by the government on June 25 , when de la Puente addressed an audience estimated at between 4,000 and 5,000 people packed into the Amphitheatre Civic Centre in the capital , Lima . |
| 6 | Over two thousand organisations receive it , your initial response has been very encouraging , and many people saying within the sector , that it is essential reading . |
| 7 | Hydro-Quebec 's James Bay development has met with strong opposition from Cree and Inuit peoples living in the region , who are supported by a growing tide of opposition from Canadian and US environmental groups . |
| 8 | Hostility towards the policies and corrupt practices associated with the Court Whigs might have caused more and more people to look on the possibility of a Stuart Restoration with increasing sympathy ; the fact that the Stuarts never renounced their Catholicism and remained closely identified with France explains why this growing sympathy was never translated into an effective challenge to the Protestant succession as guaranteed by the Glorious Revolution and the Act of Settlement . |
| 9 | Tourism is a major growth area in the Middle East and more and more people attracted by the prospects of an enhanced salary , hotter climate and better lifestyle , are eager to become part of this development . |
| 10 | the the flats is er a a no go area sort of thing and a kid 'll come along and spray summat on a wall and next day three kids 'll come along and spray things on the wall , so that you 've got more and more graffiti going all over the place , more and more rubbish , more and more people coming to the flats just to get into trouble . |
| 11 | Inevitably , it would mean that there would be more and more people coming into the House to represent constituencies unless some kind of control were exercised . |
| 12 | It is here contended that this last group , forming a close network of interdependent and inter-communicating people working at the leading edge of science at a time of rapid personal and scientific development may be a highly significant unit for the establishment of contacts in later careers , and for the promulgation of paradigm shifts in science . |
| 13 | I wish to move a petition signed by four hundred and one people organised by the Hikehams Community Association asking the full county council to freeze its decision on of the Hikehams and Moat er merger issue . |
| 14 | On March 22-23 protest meetings and marches condemning the murder were reported to have taken place across the country , with one soldier being reported killed and several people wounded in the Policarpa slum district of Bogotá . |
| 15 | I have never seen so many unemployed and homeless people begging on the streets of London . |
| 16 | Many old people and young people depend on the middle-aged workers . |
| 17 | In particular after the air raid on the Baghdad bunker , days of national mourning were declared in Algeria , Mauritania and Tunisia and young people took to the streets upon hearing the announcement of the raid . |
| 18 | And it 's one of those slip roads where you off and other people join at the same place . |
| 19 | ‘ Go , ’ the starter shouts , and 200 people dash into the woods . |
| 20 | Criticism of religious institutions , leadership and policies is rife , and religious people have on the whole been tardy in responding creatively to justified charges and pointing out the inappropriateness of false charges ; an approach of burying one 's head in the sand has been a characteristic of many religious people . |