Example sentences of "people were [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A four year old child was taken to the Horton General Hospital in the town , with cuts to his face ; three other people were also taken to the hospital , one with a suspected broken pelvis . |
| 2 | THERE was a time when nice respectable people were not revolted by the sport of bear baiting . |
| 3 | In covering the notorious Rape of Nanjing in 1937 , a book stated that " over 70,000 people were reportedly killed by the Japanese Imperial Army " . |
| 4 | In the eyes of the Long March veterans , young people were easily duped by the enemies of socialism and needed to be watched carefully . |
| 5 | I was horrified in nineteen ninety one with my first visit to see the enormous problems in housing three and a half million people were forcibly moved in the eighties in South Africa , the biggest peacetime movement of people anywhere in the world and there are now over seven million people in , just in the shacks on the roads , not even the informal housing which counts for more . |
| 6 | In contrast to the Chilterns , the top people were sharply divided from the great mass of poor peasants who doubtless thought a combination of the two safer than exclusive reliance on either crops or livestock , just as many customarily sowed mixed seeds , such as maslin ( wheat and rye ) counting on one at least to come up . |
| 7 | The number of casualties was expected to rise because many people were still trapped in the rubble of damaged buildings . |
| 8 | Eleven people were then elected from the floor . |
| 9 | Military and government people were quickly absorbed into the war effort , but the churches were at a loss what to do with us . |
| 10 | I understand that there are about five hundred people were actually invited to the ceremony , so obviously this means that about two or three hundred cars were arriving . |
| 11 | In those days how many people were actually involved on the estate ? |
| 12 | Many people were directly affected by the implications of the French wars . |
| 13 | The Scotch Whisky Association ( SWA ) Employment Census , which is based on individual company returns , shows that 15,310 people were directly employed by the industry at end 1991 . |
| 14 | One of the group 's founding members , Sean O'Cionnaith , said the majority of the Irish people were absolutely revolted by the Warrington bombing . |
| 15 | Palmer , seconded by GLEB to work with NoS , felt many people were naively attracted to the pops because they thought they were easier to do . |