Example sentences of "people were [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally accepted that most of the Siberian peoples were organized in clans , each of which traced descent from a common ancestor , and that marriage within this kinship group was forbidden . |
| 2 | Considerable physical migration took place — mostly , but not entirely , caused by the activities of the Russians — and some peoples were reduced in numbers almost to vanishing point , while on the other hand at least one new ethno-cultural group was formed . |
| 3 | Because a win here would catapult her into the LPGA 's Hall of Fame , most people were shouting for Sheehan . |
| 4 | The latest official figures ( for 1985 ) released by the Government show that just over 35 per cent of older people were living on incomes at or below the generally accepted Income Support ( then Supplementary Benefit ) poverty line , compared with 10 per cent of people under pension age . |
| 5 | In 1988 , around 112 million people were living in areas exceeding the ozone standard , almost 30 million in areas violating the carbon monoxide standard , and over 25 million in areas exceeding the fine particulate standard ( figure 8.6 ; table 8.4 ) . |
| 6 | In 1985 some 60 per cent of older people were living in poverty or on the margins of poverty . |
| 7 | The work was heart-breaking because of the shortage of homes and it showed that many old people were living in distress . |
| 8 | Here was a long-established bastion of English liberty , older than the vote , yet older people were banished from participation . |
| 9 | Well , I went along to Street and this chap was hammering away , and the people were swearing from windows , and I realized the chap was mental . |
| 10 | When broadcasters were promoted they found themselves in administrative posts : talented people were rewarded with jobs which meant that they broadcast no longer . |
| 11 | ‘ Before the war people were engaged for years to have time to get a home together , but nobody waits for that now . ’ |
| 12 | In a flower bed close to one of the lavatories , people were crouching like tramps over roughly built brick fire-places , warming a little stew in smoky tins for the evening meal . |
| 13 | Those against five other people were commuted on Oct. 9 to life imprisonment . |
| 14 | The scalding flood swamped hundreds of homes and many people were plucked to safety by helicopter . |
| 15 | Eleven people were killed between Aug. 6-7 after clashes between armed gangs and security forces in a remote tribal area of the North West Frontier Province . |
| 16 | At least nine people were killed between November 1990 and January 1991 by death squads linked to the Armed Forces . |
| 17 | TWENTY people were killed during Senegal 's presidential election yesterday when a truck carrying voters of the ruling Socialist Party hit a landmine in the southern Casamance province . |
| 18 | In Sind 12 people were killed during gun battles involving factions of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement ( MQM ) and the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) in late June and early July . |
| 19 | Five people were killed at Guildford , a town chosen by the bombers because its pubs were frequented by servicemen from local army camps . |
| 20 | Last year , three hundred and forty six people were killed at work , and thousands injured . |
| 21 | At least 26 people were killed on July 18 in one of the worst incidents in the long-running conflict , when a bus ran over a cliff after coming under fire near Durban . |
| 22 | A total of 261 people were killed on July 11 when a Canadian McDonnell Douglas DC-8 carrying Nigerian Moslems back to Sokoto after their Haj pilgrimage , crashed near Jeddah , Saudi Arabia , shortly after take-off . |
| 23 | Six people were killed on July 20 in communal rioting sparked by the dispute in the states of Kerala and Maharashtra . |
| 24 | Mujaheddin rebels claimed that up to 400 people were killed on April 20 in the north-eastern city of Asadabad as a result of a Scud missile attack by government forces . |
| 25 | An estimated 14 people were killed on March 7-8 when police fired on crowds demonstrating in Boputhatswana in favour of their homeland 's reintegration , and calling for the resignation of Mangope . |
| 26 | A total of 223 people were killed on May 26 when an Austrian Lauda Air Boeing 767-300 , on its way from Bangkok to Vienna , crashed over Suphan Buri province in north-western Thailand . |
| 27 | December : Eight people were killed on Dec. 3 after two US North-West Airlines aircraft collided in heavy fog at Detroit Metropolitan Airport . |
| 28 | At least 31 people were killed on Oct. 26 when an armed group numbering about 20 attacked a fishing village near the Cap Skirring tourist area , 600 km south of Dakar . |
| 29 | However , sustained demonstrations ( in the course of which two people were killed on Sept. 20-21 in indiscriminate police and army fire ) forced the Vatican to cancel the Pope 's involvement in the actual inauguration . |
| 30 | Reports from Kabul Radio indicated that almost 200 people were killed in July during heavy fighting between mujaheddin factions belonging to the Hezb-e-Islami ( Gulbuddin group ) , the Ittehad-e-Islami and the Jamiat-e-Islami . |