Example sentences of "[noun] it [vb past] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to reach her again , and told the operator to put the howler on the line because the phone was off the hook , but the girl said reprovingly that it could n't be done in the middle of the night in case it woke people up . |
| 2 | Its initial success came chiefly in the traditional Dissenting districts , but by the beginning of Victoria 's reign it attracted people of all social backgrounds in almost every type of community except the estate village . |
| 3 | But he did n't just hate the railway as such ; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress . |
| 4 | The food was described as tasteless and monotonous , and often cold by the time it reached people housed some distance from the kitchens . |
| 5 | The idea that energy had a quantum nature married neatly enough with the view that light was a wave motion , but at the same time it set people thinking in terms of particles once more . |