Example sentences of "[adj] people [vb past] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessup reported in January 1950 that the dominance of Rhee was unquestioned and few people stood up to him . |
| 2 | ‘ About 12 people went along to the basic 15 week course and of course we have six who have gone on to get the certificate . |
| 3 | Fourteen people sat down to dinner at the house , a local man , Thomas Jones , being employed to wait on them at table . |
| 4 | At the end of the Gulf War , many many people wrote in to the BBC saying , ‘ why are n't you keeping going ’ . |
| 5 | At the end of the Gulf War , many many people wrote in to the BBC saying , ‘ why are n't you keeping going ’ . |
| 6 | It was wonderful because so many people came down to Hackney which is not the easiest place to get to . |
| 7 | On occasion , so many people turned up to a Baldersdale funeral and the church or chapel became so crowded that people had to stand outside . |
| 8 | At this moment about 11 people came up to me with two dogs . |
| 9 | Twenty-eight years ago Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-2 and 20,000 people tuned in to the first edition to hear Kenneth Wolstenholme describe the action . |
| 10 | As he railed on at us , more and more people came up to the edge of the tarmac , looking across at him , helplessly , in the moonlight . |
| 11 | The more people jumped on to the bandwagon , the more others wanted to join them . |
| 12 | On August 22nd only 6000 people turned up to the London demonstration called by the Special Conference . |
| 13 | Between 5,000 and 10,000 people turned out to the council display at Walton and 15,000 to 16,000 were reported at Sefton Park . |
| 14 | As I got to the beach and began setting up my machine , several people came up to me and asked questions about my detector . |
| 15 | Only about 60 people turned up to a recent candle-lit vigil outside Orsett hospital supposedly a protest against trust status being given . |
| 16 | He has been idolised by fictional characters from Dean Moriarty in Kerouac 's On the Road to Barley in Le Carre 's The Russia House , and he is one of only two people looked up to by Miles Davis . |