Example sentences of "there were [det] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see it was er whilst it was er er a democratically , legally elected government , you see there were such people as er er as Mussolini , from Italy , fascist Italy , and er er er Hitlerite Germany you see , who had got units , naval units , air units etcetera , blockaded . |
| 2 | We had always known that there were many people looking for a historic building to restore but had not realized the extent , which was very encouraging . |
| 3 | ‘ There were many people who made donations or offered to help and they must be thanked . ’ |
| 4 | Clearly there were many people who could n't afford to escape the heat of the city . |
| 5 | There were many people around yet the flames were able to spread uncontrollably . |
| 6 | Sometimes , he said , it seemed that the Church 's social teaching was a well-kelp secret , even though there were many people quietly involved in helping others . |
| 7 | There were many people in Christine Daaé 's dressing-room that night . |
| 8 | On the other hand there were many people who loved him dearly . |
| 9 | I wish I knew if there were many people like him . |
| 10 | Nobody intervened , although there were many people walking in the street , and when the two men had finished what they had obviously planned to do , they left as unhurriedly as they had come . |
| 11 | And therefore it was a system the the employer encouraged but of course er I do n't think you could say that there were many people who were happy with the system . |
| 12 | There were many people about working at the common land between the walls , and more than a few seated outside the few inns they passed . |
| 13 | But while there was praise in abundance , there were many people who felt in accord with his objectives and yet could not bring themselves to like the man himself , accusing him of cajolery , ruthlessness and arrogance ; not very pleasant traits for a man to have , unless of course the man has political aspirations ! |
| 14 | There were many people in Greece who felt grateful for the repression of even minor social disturbances , such as that of Dyme in Achaia about 116 B.C. , so typically described in the letter by the Roman proconsul Quintus Fabius Maximus to the magistrates of the city : abolition of debts and contracts ( SIG 684 ) . |
| 15 | Even at Oxford , I doubted whether there were many people who could adjudicate on a matter of this kind . |
| 16 | I do n't think there were many people in debt because they knew they could n't afford to go into debt you know . |
| 17 | Further into town , there were more people , many carrying white plastic bags , clearly filled with booty from looting expeditions . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , as mankind became more ‘ civilised ’ , and there were more people around restricted by the blocks , they estranged themselves from Nature and their deity symbols became logic and order . |
| 19 | ‘ I had been aware , ’ Jaffray says , ‘ that there were more people with potential for ballet than ever considered entering a ballet class . ’ |
| 20 | Yarranton in 1677 thought there were more people within a radius of ten miles of Dudley , and ‘ more money returned in a year ’ , than in the whole of four Midland farming counties . |
| 21 | Traffic was a little heavier now and there were more people on the sidewalks . |
| 22 | ‘ You have told me , at least , ’ he said , musing , ‘ that there were more people knew Aldhelm would be coming down that path than just the few of us , as it began . |
| 23 | There were more people in the room now ; groups of men and women ; most of them young , about his age , stood and talked and drank and laughed . |
| 24 | There were more people from lower socio-economic groups . |
| 25 | But that was a matter of choice ; there were some people I did n't like , and many more that I did n't even know . |
| 26 | There were some people you could trust , after all . |
| 27 | Of course there were some people who , as in the ordinary world , were content with their lives and therefore had no wish to escape . |
| 28 | But there were some people you know on a smallish farm , they did n't have an oil engine , then they would have to turn the scrapper by hand . |
| 29 | There were some people comin' in , I remember , but they 'd probably bin shoppin' and that , ‘ ad n't they ? ’ |
| 30 | Yet personal encounters , first as Cripps 's deputy in the Treasury and later as chancellor of the exchequer , persuaded Gaitskell that there were some people in Washington who appreciated that Britain must be granted some safeguards for her economy . |