Example sentences of "as people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This worked very well , but in 1988 people were pushing in from the sides instead of joining the queues , and tempers were becoming frayed and the situation somewhat dangerous as people trampled over the numerous electricity cables and water pipes . |
| 2 | Streets are blocked and atheism has to give way as people kneel in the streets and cross themselves with the sign of the Holy Trinity . ) |
| 3 | I sat back expecting to be proved right and watched as people joined in the discussion and debate . |
| 4 | The NHS used to fund such officers when patients lived in long-stay hospitals , but as people moved into the community their role was forgotten . |
| 5 | As people went to the polls in the Serb-held city of Banja Luka in northern Bosnia , bulldozers cleared away the remains of two 16th-century mosques blown up the previous week . |
| 6 | For a moment she lost her mother in the crowd of horses and riders and foot followers , as people jostled for the best position , or to ride alongside their fancy . |
| 7 | The numbers swelled later as people streamed to the Neumarkt square after work to hear the Chancellor speaking in front of the church ruins . |
| 8 | ‘ Nothing 's ever too late , ’ said Constance , as people do in the face of this assertion , regardless of the truth . |
| 9 | By Oct. 17 rioting had broken out as people protested at the authorities ' slow response . |
| 10 | He was followed shortly afterwards by the sound of wooden clogs on cobble stones as people hurried to the mill before the hooter started . |
| 11 | The fabric of society collapsed , as people sided with the King or Parliament . |
| 12 | He heard many voices as people passed on the pathway from the bridge to the ramp . |