Example sentences of "of people took [prep] the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I arrived just after one of the more serious rounds , when thousands of people took to the streets to burn and loot .
2 Although an indefinite curfew was reimposed in Srinagar after the assassination , thousands of people took to the streets as Farooq 's body was carried from the hospital to which it had been taken to his home .
3 Ershad 's resignation announcement was greeted with scenes of wild jubilation in Dhaka where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in celebration .
4 Hundreds of people took to the water over the weekend to recreate ancient and strange boat races .
5 The protesters , also angered by cheap imports from eastern Europe and South America , ransacked sheds owned by a merchant they said dealt in British fish and hundreds of people took to the streets of Concarneau and neighbouring ports to show their support .
  Next page