Example sentences of "of people [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A group of people made this Star Zoo . |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia yesterday publicly beheaded four people — two Saudis and two Indians — convicted of murder , taking the total number of people beheaded this year to 99. — Reuter . |
| 3 | CALLAHAN : A lot of people said that . |
| 4 | I do n't know , maybe they erm a , they 'll listen to the tapes and they probably sample some of the words into a computer to build up a database of words that probably like you said , oh he 's getting a lot of jip from his boss , you know , is probably not in the dictionary but if a lot of people said that word then they would . |
| 5 | the number of people served each morning for a week |
| 6 | the number of people served each afternoon |
| 7 | You see , I had just graduated to the position of providing a horse and cart , and any amount of people wanted that job so I would have lost it , maybe for good , if I had n't turned up . |
| 8 | Undoubtedly a number of people travelled this way from other parts of Kent and Sussex , probably more to Rochester than Canterbury . |
| 9 | ‘ And a lot of people found that ridiculous ! ’ |
| 10 | Ooh usual that were yes , oh lots of people did that . |