Example sentences of "people be [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More young people are staying on after 16 than ever before . |
| 2 | People were going round with long faces looking glum right until Christmas Eve . |
| 3 | It caused quite a sensation in the camp and people were flocking down from far and wide to have a good view , so we were informed later . |
| 4 | After a century or so of political apathy , Hong Kong 's young people were making up for lost time . |
| 5 | The NFHA reported that in 1989 the rents of tenants in work had already reached 21 per cent of disposable income and single elderly people were paying up to 35 per cent of their incomes in rents . |