Example sentences of "people [was/were] [v-ing] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why why do you think people were trying to put you off ? |
| 2 | Either she was a Madonna and people did n't give her credit for being one , or else she was trying to be one and people were trying to stop her or possibly she was being forced to be one against her better judgement . |
| 3 | ‘ These people were trying to kill us . |
| 4 | People were trying to pinch it all the time . |
| 5 | Even at the age of about 13 I 'd be guided only by people who I thought knew something about the game , and who were not thing to stitch me up-I was always thinking people were trying to stitch me up for some reason . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ People were queueing to sign it . |
| 7 | I did n't want any pity , that was the thing I was worried about : that people were going to pity me . |
| 8 | I was quite glad to have it … sending a copy of my book to be signed , and saying he would like to have it back quickly as at least a dozen people were waiting to borrow it … . |
| 9 | A lot of people were waiting to see what happened to me . |