Example sentences of "i [vb past] [conj] [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the World Cup , when an ‘ Anglo-Saxon conspiracy ’ was talked about in France , I noticed that most people in England laughed , dismissing the claim as the words of a bad loser . |
| 2 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 3 | Obviously I want to avoid that , which is why I said that those people or their advisers or friends should get in touch with the building societies , which have told us that they want to avoid repossession wherever possible . |
| 4 | In this way , I hoped that most people would be able to share in the excitement and feeling of achievement in the remarkable progress that has been made in physics in the last twenty-five years . |
| 5 | Last week in the House , I suggested that such people should be given a sound thrashing . |