Example sentences of "people [be] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the youngest age group , 65–69 years , most elderly people are living with their spouse , 37 per cent as one of a married couple whose partner is over 65 , and 20 per cent with a partner under 65 . |
| 2 | Some of the houses are ready , and people are living in them . |
| 3 | In the next age range , 70–74 , the most common arrangement is still living with an elderly spouses but one in three elderly people are living by themselves , often because their spouse has died . |
| 4 | We need greater co-operation in Europe in these matters , because immigration and asylum flows are a major political concern , as we have just noted from the exchanges about Le Pen and the way in which people are feeding upon his visit . |
| 5 | In the old days when there was a possibility of of erm ad hoc payments made , er that sort of thing was taken of , since the takeover of the company , that has n't happened to the same extent so there 's a very strong feeling with the older pay er pensioners that they paid money into a pension scheme which now shows a surplus , but other people are benefiting from it . |
| 6 | In the old days when there was a possibility of of erm ad hoc payments made er that sort of thing was taken care of , since the takeover of the company that has n't happened to the same extent , so there 's a very strong feeling with the older pay er pensioners that they paid money into a pension scheme which now shows a surplus , but other people are benefiting from it . |
| 7 | The custom of marriage has gained strength , in the sense that more people are entering into it and that it seems to be considered a necessary prelude to having children . |
| 8 | As Noel Blanc , who has a collection of 20 classic cars , explains : ‘ When I 'm driving down the street in my hot-rod , people are waving at me and giving me the thumbs up . |
| 9 | I 'm I 'm not er well if they 're going to er if they 're going to lose their leaves like they are doing now people are slipping on them are n't they . |
| 10 | ‘ By making a donation for research , people are investing in their family 's future . ’ |
| 11 | Sir Charles died from natural causes , and the strange stories people are telling about his death are not true . |
| 12 | More and more people are taking to their bikes as an alternative to driving or using public transport . |
| 13 | I mean some people are looking at me as though I 've just revealed some dread secret |
| 14 | Monica , the nursery nurse , told me : They all know what it 's like to come in and say , " I hate that child , it 's been crying all night " ; whereas they feel reluctant to say that to other people because people are looking at them and their age . |
| 15 | We become aware that people are looking at us . |
| 16 | And we do n't like it when people are looking at us … |
| 17 | ‘ People are looking at us , Carter . |
| 18 | Countless numbers of people are looking to their leaders and representatives to take bold decisions now — and not to put off these critical decisions that will ultimately cause our grandchildren to curse us . |
| 19 | People are looking for something new , after twenty years of hamburger joints and pizza parlours . |
| 20 | ‘ I realised in this day and age that people are looking for something that wee bit different , and we found with the long spell of bad weather we 've had over the summer months that people want to stay inside , ’ explained Mr Nelson . |
| 21 | ‘ People are looking for something different , ’ said Steve , a chiropodist , which seems an ideal profession to be indulging in lots of ballroom dancing , ‘ but it has to be of good quality . ’ |
| 22 | ’ People are looking for us down there , Curb . |
| 23 | If people are voting in their interests , why not then sell their votes to the highest bidder ? |
| 24 | It 's good to know people are thinking of me . |
| 25 | And Jesus had n't stopped speaking , but even as he 's saying that the these people are gathering around him , the tax gatherers , the sinners , the undesirables of society , they 're gathering around him to hear what he 's got to say . |
| 26 | Now , normally in this programme when we talk about womens ' magazines , people are inveighing against them because they carry various advertisements that they find offensive or exploitative , but are women 's magazines actually erm performing quite a useful job by filling in the gaps that that schools and parents are are failing to address ? |
| 27 | erm and I also think that a lot of people are struggling with their own lives and they have n't got time to worry about other people . |
| 28 | With respect er I was n't paying too much attention to er to what was being said in as much as this possibly sounds negative but our concern is not for what people are shouting at us our concern is for whether we 've got a threat er in a particular area , in this case the bedroom , and whether we can try and sort that threat out before somebody is injured . |
| 29 | As she sorted through the family heirlooms in the 29-bedroom Victorian mansion in preparation , Betty said : ‘ I do n't want to be there when people are prying into my private belongings . |
| 30 | When people are ringing about their relatives in the Gulf , er they just want to know what is the latest , are they coming out , this kind of thing . |