Example sentences of "[prep] people would " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crime and Punishment was different in that Dostoevsky never supposed lots of people would begin committing Raskolnikov-type murders ; Danilov doing so was enough to produce from him the exclamation ‘ It has happened ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ A lot of people would never deny the Shangri-Las , a great band produced by Shadow Morton , were fake girl singers going along with the producer 's ideas . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am sure a lot of people would like to have a film made at their home but then I 'm sure a lot of people would loath the disruption , ’ she said . |
| 4 | ‘ I am sure a lot of people would like to have a film made at their home but then I 'm sure a lot of people would loath the disruption , ’ she said . |
| 5 | I myself would be proud to donate to a fund of this kind , as I think a lot of people would . |
| 6 | Supplies to millions of people would be affected . |
| 7 | Nowadays , the majority of people would regard it as a perfectly natural variation to be indulged in should both partners feel like it . |
| 8 | I went home and reported this to Mum who explained to me that the fire meant that a lot of people would now be out of work until the Laundry was rebuilt . |
| 9 | Crowds of people would line the banks through the little villages , never tiring at the sight of their own local natural phenomenon , until the great waves finally smashed themselves to extinction against the weirs of Gloucester City . |
| 10 | He predicts that , while 50 per cent of people would die from a dose of 600 rads , only 5 per cent would die after a dose of 400 rads . |
| 11 | A lot of people would welcome statements from each of them : |
| 12 | He looked so like a frog , being literally green with fright , with his eyes nearly popping out of his head , that Breeze wanted to laugh ; but she did n't , because she knew that this curious , gaping crowd of people would think she was hysterical . |
| 13 | Around the corner , in Rutherglen Road , a small knot of people would gather outside the office of the Hebrew Burial Society , awaiting the hearse and accompanying vehicles . |
| 14 | It seems to me that you 're a bunch of people having fun doing what you do , and I think a lot of people would like to be able to say the same . |
| 15 | The ‘ doomsters ’ would have been discredited , and you can be sure that plenty of people would have pointed this out forcefully . |
| 16 | Even the most saintly of people would drift towards complacency and arrogance after such a long period . |
| 17 | ‘ It would mean tying up cars for four to five days — and a lot of people would n't get buried . ’ |
| 18 | The building of two council estates meant that large numbers of people would be moving into the area . |
| 19 | We knew very little about these last clients of the season except that they were two attorneys and a proctologist , all from Georgia and all vacationing with their wives , and we also knew that one of the wives was a vegetarian and that the proctologist hated pasta , but beyond that our guests were utter strangers and so we waited nervously to see what kind of people would be our companions and paymasters for the next week . |
| 20 | A lot of people would have been uncomfortable or jittery , having a bodyguard at their elbow . |
| 21 | A lot of people would like to join him in those sentiments … |
| 22 | Without her care , friendship and encouragement a lot of people would have given up . |
| 23 | ‘ The crash happened at a time when a lot of people would have been in their homes . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ The crash happened at a time when a lot of people would have been in their homes watching TV . |
| 25 | It 's a fair bet that 90 per cent of people would admit to a maelstrom of confusion over the facts behind the tragedy of the country which was once called Yugoslavia . |
| 26 | He also came second on the day , but I 'm sure a lot of people would like to have seen him win . |
| 27 | A lot of people would say . |
| 28 | But my mother 's never been a great one for housework and I think my standards are probably like hers … as long as things do n't get filthy , I 'm happy , but a lot of people would n't be satisfied with that . |
| 29 | The idea of travelling between areas to take advantage of shorter waiting times appears to have some public support as Leathard ( 1990 ) quotes a survey which suggests that 40 per cent of people would go anywhere in the country to avoid waiting for treatment . |
| 30 | Yes lots of people would like to see Disneyland . |