Example sentences of "people were [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , despite what the media claimed , Reagan was not elected because people were fed up with the huge federal deficit and were clamoring for budget cuts … . |
| 2 | I think people were fed up with the strikes Larry . |
| 3 | A total of 210 people were killed outright by the soldiers , another seventy-one died later and 173 were less seriously wounded . |
| 4 | On any day there was a great advantage in arriving at the Board of Trade early , for people were called up in the order in which they handed in their cards . |
| 5 | The day was cold , with flurries of snow and people were muffled up to the eyes . |
| 6 | The Benefits Agency spokesman said the figures for budget loans showed that 7,509 people were helped out of the 13,060 applications made . |
| 7 | For crisis loans , helping customers meet expenses in an emergency , 3,315 people were helped out of the 3,508 applications made . |
| 8 | A cynic among us suggested the people were brought out in the early morning for the tourists to snap their unlikely habitat . |
| 9 | However , 10,000 people were laid off in the process , including many of the 650 who worked at Unisys 's factory in Livingstone , Scotland . |