Example sentences of "[adj] people [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The Virginia Company had itself produced a subsidiary company which occupied the islands at first known officially as Somers Islands — though when Shakespeare wrote The Tempest some people already called them the Bermoothes , and Bermuda it remained for posterity .
2 We 've had enough of fair-haired people here to last us a lifetime !
3 But how many people even knew what a cellular phone was seven years ago .
4 Because of his lucrative clothing and flamboyant style of play , it was possible to be unsure of his ability as a player , but since we had the good fortune to see Andrew at Wimbledon this year , many people now know what a truly talented and exciting man he really is .
5 Horne had first made his name on radio in the days when most people still called it the wireless — on another wartime show which supposedly told everything you ever wanted to know about an RAF station .
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