Example sentences of "[n mass] who [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some might need to be tossed out ; indeed it was these younger fry who mostly glared at one another . |
| 2 | The flat , just across the corridor from the School of Modern Languages , was something of a crucible for the variety of aspiring hopefuls and creative folk who occasionally called on the recluse . |
| 3 | ‘ We held a Victorian Fair at the weekend and many people who previously lived in the town and were back visiting could n't believe how much it has deteriorated . ’ |
| 4 | Those people who innocently came to my house this evening , expecting a pleasant dinner , good wine , enjoyable conversation — and instead were treated to a vulgar display ? ’ |
| 5 | The latter is an unusual work because it is about people who really lived at a particular period and who had particular relationships with each other . |
| 6 | I was given a sympathetic hearing , but it seemed as if the only people who really agreed with me were the relatives of the hostages . |
| 7 | One thing that struck me about this contraceptive suggestion was that it was being made by people who totally disapproved of all experimentation on animals . |
| 8 | The prisoners of war had left the fields and there were different people who now gathered for elevenses round the kitchen range . |
| 9 | And to do it without a lot without a lot of support from the a from the people who actually lived in the flats , although they organized things and got it going , and the people living there did n't seem to be motivated to give them the kind of encouragement erm |
| 10 | And that produced a spin off effect , because the people who actually lived in properties or the shopkeepers in the properties , they could see that the outsides were improved , and that provided a spur for them to provide the insides . |
| 11 | Uniformed men and Wycliffe 's detective constables were questioning the very few people who actually lived in the street . |
| 12 | With some of the ‘ old originals ’ present ( I refer to that distinguished body of people who actually travelled on the BCR ) we had an interesting discussion in which living memories were compared with evidence from Mr Scott Morgan 's research . |
| 13 | But forget 10-digit typing and you 're soon skipping across the keys with the irritating agility of people who never sweated in front of a Pitman 's chart . |
| 14 | Despite this chilly inconvenience , however , the place was crowded with people who all seemed to be talking at once . |
| 15 | Demographic changes of a rather different kind have had the effect of substantially reducing the categories of people who once lived with kin . |
| 16 | Joe was in good form , though the time for his retirement was drawing near , and he was already beginning to feel a bit lost and abandoned by people who once fawned on him . |
| 17 | People who maybe started by being genuinely forgetful of the date on which they had promised to pay later and then , when they became too dangerously indebted , developed a sense of cunning in their schemes to evade their obligations ? |
| 18 | Margaret was given gifts by many of the staff who also contributed towards a presentation made to her in the showroom . |
| 19 | In this respect , recommendations by the team were subject to approval by senior county staff who sometimes had inside information which could affect the final decision . |