Example sentences of "[prep] people [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had spent Hogmanay at home , welcoming the groups of people roaming the village as they came round . |
| 2 | Even the washing hanging from the tenement windows seemed to be fluttering a welcome as we all struggled to our feet , pushing and shoving , as we attempted to get our packs on our backs , at the same time trying to get a clear view of the platform and the hundreds of people watching the train pull in . |
| 3 | Another , protesting that ‘ I am not exaggerating ’ against murmurs of dissent from his colleagues , believed that ‘ there is a danger of people taking the law into their own hands ’ . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the Museum and the Reading Room of the British Library Reference Division share a common entrance , so any simple count of people walking through either of the two entrances to the building would certainly give a correct number of people entering the Museum , but it would not be correct for genuine visitors to the Museum . |
| 5 | The characteristics and attitudes of people entering the sector as owner/occupiers is considered to be especially important and is likely to mark this small business sector as unique in relation to other sectors . |
| 6 | This scheme is only one example of an increasing number of measures designed to attract women into and back to work as demographic changes show a decreasing number of people entering the workforce . |
| 7 | Women will become increasingly important as prospective employees as the number of people entering the job market decreases and with the advent of a single European market . |
| 8 | The fall in the birth rate in the 1970s means that the number of people entering the labour market today is falling . |
| 9 | In social terms , the hacienda system represents a very unequal distribution of land , with a small number of people monopolising the bulk of cultivable land . |
| 10 | I 'm s sure sir , you 're aware it 's outside the City walls and if you 're commu commu If rail travel is possible from a new settlement to the Town Centre , the actual nu proportion of people using the rail , I would submit it would be very small , because say if you 're a shop worker in er Marks and Spencers , then you 've got a considerable walk from York City Station for example . |
| 11 | Crucially , the one may support the other : , a prominent Jesuit in Nicaragua , comments ‘ I think the lack of a good academic training is at the roots of too many simplifications in the pastoral work of people using the framework of liberation theology . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If we could run a commuter service we would be delighted but the number of people using the boat — we need 130 morning and night — has been insufficient , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Council leader , Phyllis Starkey , and Conservative Group Leader , Janet Todd , have written to the Unit General Manager of the John Radcliffe , Tony Stapleton , asking him to withdraw the charge , but hospital officials say they are introducing fees following a survey of people using the hospital , which showed that seventy percent of them were in favour of it . |
| 14 | CW pointed out that Library staff were often not made aware of the status of people using the Library , and wished to codify the access , loan , inter-library loan , and other facilities which are appropriate . |
| 15 | Then he broke off as a newcomer appeared , working his way through the throng of people leaving the Chapel , against the tide . |
| 16 | There is a constant flow of people leaving the land and going into service and hotel jobs , particularly in Funchal . |
| 17 | For a few years in the mid-1980s this pattern was reversed , and the number of people leaving the United Kingdom fell below the number entering . |
| 18 | It was strange to be driving against the press of people leaving the Jerez track , but she was hardly aware of her surroundings any more ; soon she 'd be seeing Ace again , and , in spite of his bitter attack on her before the race , at least she had known deep down that he was n't ready to part from her . |
| 19 | As well as more Jobcentre vacancies , the number of people leaving the count between February and March remained steady at 355,600 . |
| 20 | There are an awful lot of people monitoring the situation , pointing out to the ‘ powers that be ’ where things are going wrong and suggesting solutions . |
| 21 | For example , if a verbal message is to reach its audience then the reduction in the number of people passing the message will reduce the possibility of the message being distorted . |
| 22 | They look at a map , draw a line and produce leaflets but nothing is done on the ground to withstand the pressure of hundreds of people following the route . |
| 23 | There 's a funeral procession going down the road with hundreds of people following the hearse . |
| 24 | There 's a funeral procession going down the road with hundreds of people following the hearse . |
| 25 | Er last information I 've got , still crowd of people blocking the road . |
| 26 | At night we 'd recommend that you follow our lead through the throngs of people crowding the streets to the amazing bars , clubs , pubs and discos . |
| 27 | There had for a long time been publicly expressed unease in the United Kingdom about the unsatisfactory training of people treating the diseases of animals , whether they were farriers in the sense of being shoeing-smiths acting as horse-doctors , or were medical practitioners — physicians , or more especially surgeons — who had , partly or completely , left human medicine for the less crowded and potentially more lucrative ( if less socially acceptable ) field of animal medicine . |
| 28 | Headaches and nausea were common complaints of people breathing the cocktail of acidic and photochemical pollutants which enveloped Kuwait City frequently . |
| 29 | Museum charges : the number of people visiting the Science Museum ( for example ) was 53 per cent lower in 1991 than in 1981 — thanks to the fact that you now have to pay . |
| 30 | That is , the person who is selling the product and service can persuade potential clients to buy the service , and it is only really limited by the quality of people selling the service . |