Example sentences of "[num] people [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1989 , 113 people died this way — nearly half of them by inhaling fumes from lighter refills . |
| 2 | New York , they say , is the great example of the Democratic Welfare State ; a million and more on welfare , hospitals in chaos , 2,000 people murdered each year , the nation 's highest concentration of Aids sufferers , kids shooting kids in the schools , and all in return for the highest levels of tax in the United States . |
| 3 | Costs are split between employers and workers ; over 600 people travel each day ; most work in light-manufacturing jobs , not services ; and each earns an average hourly wage above $6 — nearly twice the minimum wage . |
| 4 | I also learnt that the three people called each other by names . |
| 5 | Singles may book any rooms ‘ willing to share ’ , and if three people occupy any room , each pays £7 per week less . |
| 6 | Only three people reported any instances of negative attitudes from patients or clients . |
| 7 | Were n't you going to ask were n't you going to suggest that three people choose this ? |
| 8 | adoption , and possibly a thousand people wanting those four babies ! |
| 9 | A detailed study revealed that in Britain approximately 1,600 accidents caused by dogs result in human injury , with about 17 people dying each year as a direct consequence of such incidents . |
| 10 | DEC has named Unix whiz-kid Alan Nemeth , the technical leader of DEC 's Unix development , a corporate consulting engineer , one of only sixteen people holding such a title at the firm . |
| 11 | One in ten people have some form of disability and need help . |
| 12 | In 1926 , the year of his birth , 2 billion people inhabited this planet . |
| 13 | For a moment he was a billion people seeking some slight recompense for the waste of their lives . ’ |
| 14 | A new report claims that twelve people die each hour as a result of smoking , at a cost to hospitals of four hundred and thirty-seven million pounds . |
| 15 | When one people defeated another in the Ancient Near East it was usual for the victors to place in their own temples the sacred figures of the gods of the vanquished . |
| 16 | Already , 1,150 people emigrate each week , draining Hong Kong 's talent , wealth and middle-class ballast . |
| 17 | Around 12 to 15 people attended each of the seminars . |
| 18 | As a constable at Easton explained , ‘ I could stand at that comer there and catch a hundred people breaking some law or other in one shift , no bother . |
| 19 | This is what marriage should be , I thought : two people comforting each other in the dark . |
| 20 | Then coming along Street you come to the picture frame people and then the Conservative Club , then there was the big house further on towards the top of Street and that was owned by somebody named Winnie , was my second wife 's she went to school with her they used but her father lived there , and on the other side of the road you got the toy shop and er the draper 's shop on the corner of er Road then there was the newsagents and one or two people kept that , but that takes you from the top of Street straight the way up to Caldmore . |
| 21 | She shades her eyes to see better two people clutching each other in evident close camaraderie who to the best of her knowledge had never even met . |
| 22 | It 's not often you find yourself an enforced eavesdropper on two people screwing each other up with murder in their hearts . |
| 23 | Always have two people to carry each gift i.e. two for the bread and two for the chalice ; a friend and catechist . |
| 24 | If two people had some disagreement she could find a way of softening that situation . |
| 25 | It 's like slang like , if two people do n't know each other they talk like formally but if two people know each uvver they use slang , you know to get across because they know each other personally . |
| 26 | He did not shy away from probing questions about his art or sex life ( he has gone to whores for the ‘ psychological experience ’ , claims Illona makes him so hot he can ‘ go again in 5 to 10 minutes ’ , and does n't necessarily think porn stars make better lovers ‘ if two people love each other ’ ) . |
| 27 | Some churchmen have gone along with the new permissiveness by conceding that as long as two people love each other that is all that really matters . |
| 28 | They stared at each other for a moment , not exactly hostile , more two people measuring each other up . |
| 29 | ‘ One or two people claimed that , certainly . |
| 30 | One or two people did this but it was n't taken up generally . |