Example sentences of "people were [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By last month tens of thousands of people were on the road to the few relief centres that the government runs . |
| 2 | Now these tragic people were on the road . |
| 3 | Last month nearly two point seven million people were on the dole . |
| 4 | Such drastic action seemed a heartless waste of resources when thousands of people were on the verge of starvation . |
| 5 | People were on the streets being senselessly violent to the police , which I thought was a good thing at the time . |
| 6 | A few people were on the platform , the station staff busied themselves with mail bags and other items of luggage and parcels , at last the guard blew his whistle . |
| 7 | Scores of people were on the scene within seconds of the collision the engine of the badly damaged car still running . |
| 8 | Several people were on the terrace , some gathered in noisy , laughing groups , others , couples mostly , talking in whispers , if at all . |
| 9 | But while mum and dad stayed in to watch the telly , young people were at the pub , drinking light ale at 10p a time . |
| 10 | About 500 people were at the party , in a barn at Elmstone Hardwicke near Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . |
| 11 | Ballymacarrett and Clonard people were at the time of the research overwhelmingly unemployed or in unskilled and low-status occupations . |
| 12 | The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral . |
| 13 | That people were in the flats were operating in a in a hostile environment , you said , low income and bad housing . |
| 14 | Only a handful of people were in the pub and they were all at the other end . |
| 15 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 16 | People were in the water , helping the fallen man ; others were staying to calm the horse ; everyone was moving and milling . |
| 17 | At any one time , some 200,000 people were in the ET programme . |
| 18 | To establish the total proportion who would break the law , we must add to this a factor which reminds us how many rich people were in the sample ( 767/1326 , or 0.578 ) times their increased propensity to break the law ( +0.144 ) . |
| 19 | There was very little noise as no-one had arrived — between twenty and thirty people were in the room — and we had this teeny stereo system about as big as a transistor radio for music . |
| 20 | How many people were in the room ? |
| 21 | Through their own efforts , deaf people were in the forefront of Glasgow society . |
| 22 | And people were in the street shaking hands and Marvellous absolutely marvellous you know . |
| 23 | Perhaps the people were in the van and found the beds wet and said well we ca n't sleep here and they slept in the sit with the fire on . |
| 24 | What in the world would the company be like in a few years ' time if such people were in the driving seat ? |
| 25 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 26 | 300 elderly people were in the audience . |
| 27 | Other people were near the table with the drinks and nobody noticed him slide the knife into the water . |
| 28 | Researcher Dr Anne Johnson said these people were from the group with the highest risk of contracting Aids . |