Example sentences of "many people [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps only because Green is the opposite of Red many people said Green when asked what party they would support in the forthcoming elections . |
| 2 | Afterwards many people said this experience had been traumatic but positive . |
| 3 | Did many people fail last year ? |
| 4 | Many people heard that but only Cecilia seemed to have heard that first single clang as Ernest , her brother , in freeing the rope from the cleat , gave it a tug which caused the bell to spring upwards and fall again . |
| 5 | Many people regard this work as a great masterpiece , though , and may well want to hear this impressive new version . |
| 6 | The entrance charges also ensure that we know exactly how many people visit these Gardens . |
| 7 | Many people hate certain aspects of their work . |
| 8 | Many people ignore this sign , comforting themselves that they probably brushed too hard . |
| 9 | I know now that you can get Durex free from family planning clinics , but not many people know that . |
| 10 | I do n't think many people know that . ’ |
| 11 | Left again , after the brewery ( where they still have the Porter Tun Rooms , a tun being a big barrel not a weight , though not many people know that ) is Whitecross Street and the Barbican entrance , where many tourists go in and some actually find the theatre or gallery they 're supposed to be going to . |
| 12 | Oh not many people know that . |
| 13 | Not many people know that . |
| 14 | Not many people know that ! |
| 15 | Not many people know that ! |
| 16 | Not many people know this , but Othello is the only game at which a computer has beaten the world champion . |
| 17 | Novelist Jeffrey Archer : ‘ Not many people know this , but his mother sold my mother their house in Weston-super-Mare . |
| 18 | I do n't know how many people know this , but if you 're in custody and you have council accommodation , the council will only pay your rent up to a year . |
| 19 | Did you know that the people who sell the milk , the dairies that sell a bring it round to you did you know , not many people know this ! |
| 20 | Many people stare good opportunities in the face but are unable to recognise them because they do not know enough about the field . |
| 21 | If , for example , eligibility for a grant for education , or for council housing , or for employment in the public service , or for a place for a child at a school of first choice , were to be assessed by reference to the citizenship record of the applicant , then this would put considerable pressure on many people to perform these ‘ voluntary obligations ’ . |
| 22 | I think I 'd have to actually , should have perhaps warned you about this , but er , er , in point of fact , not too many people got this , I think there was one of two that got this wrong . |
| 23 | Far too many people become confused between sport and games . |
| 24 | Not many people perceived this quite so soon . |
| 25 | Indeed , UAPT have considered , as an identifying factor which would virtually avoid the problem , filing date of birth ( following the example of a Dutch computer-based credit reference bureau ) ; but the reluctance of many people to give this information in this country is an obstacle . |
| 26 | On the other hand , his political opponents suffered too : Lord Lytton 's speech was so bad that many people had great difficulty in understanding him , and because his deafness did not allow him to take part in debates , everyone was often forced to wait until the next day for any reply from Lord Lytton because he would insist on reading what had been said in Hansard , the Parliamentary publication , before making his own speech . |
| 27 | Many people deplored that . |
| 28 | How many people applied last month ? |
| 29 | It made Ianthe uncomfortable to think of so many people living alone . |
| 30 | Too many people fear this energy . |