Example sentences of "many people [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote two books : The Living Brain ( 1953 ) , which was popular science and was the first introduction that many people had to the brain , and a novel , Further Outlook ( 1956 ) , which was not very successful . |
| 2 | Er , mind many people , many people relied on the cycle er for to get about you see . |
| 3 | How many people lived in the house ? |
| 4 | How many people went to the school roughly would you say ? |
| 5 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 6 | The leak could have come from any one of a large number of sources , as far too many people knew about the plans . |
| 7 | The adventurer looked about him , and saw a wide beautiful lawn on which many people stood around the Emperor . |
| 8 | Many people stayed in the island with residence permits for from three to six months on their way to or from South Africa , South America or the Far East . |
| 9 | It 's not clear how many people participated in the event in Britain or elsewhere by carrying out local ascents , raising sponsorship for the ten lifeline projects designated by the United Nations . |
| 10 | How many people worked in the kitchen ? |
| 11 | A great many people sat at the feet of the statues or stood about in groups near by . |
| 12 | But there are still many people shocked by the events of the past few days , who never expected the Army to be prepared to launch rocket and artillery attacks on civilian targets . |