Example sentences of "people [Wh pn] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Although there were famous instances of resistance to individual officers ' claims , some people who protested suffered reprisals . |
2 | Just as there are some people who become engaged within three hours of meeting and live happily ever after , there are others who without any apparent planning enjoy a totally fulfilled retirement , clearly relishing everything it has to offer . |
3 | In considering a local representative system it is necessary first to discuss the nature of both the electoral practices and the people who become elected . |
4 | " I 'd really like to mail a follow-up letter to all the people who sent bought more than £50 worth within 3 weeks of sending out the last brochure . " |
5 | It was people who Labour claimed would benefit from its policies . |
6 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
7 | If all the chambers were as long as this , or if they were only used by people who had gone down deep into them , then his search would take months . |
8 | She said : ‘ I then realised there were people just like me , and people who had gone through a worse hell than me . ’ |
9 | It came to focus on a headhunting approach to find this talent , not necessarily people who had gone to the right schools and universities . |
10 | People who had gone overseas had probably made a wise choice and were likely to be doing better than they could have done at home , so the government felt it had done enough for them already . |
11 | Everyone was there : the host families , the pianists , Mildred Fender , Susan Tilley , Richard Rodzinski , John Giordano , Dudley Moore , the judges , the people who had thrown the parties , the people who had gone to the parties . |
12 | That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan . |
13 | People who had said — during another part of the interview — that they preferred the smallest possible individual instalments turned out to be just as likely to switch to a shorter repayment schedule ( given lower APR and credit costs ) as people who had said they preferred the shortest possible repayment schedule . |
14 | People who had said — during another part of the interview — that they preferred the smallest possible individual instalments turned out to be just as likely to switch to a shorter repayment schedule ( given lower APR and credit costs ) as people who had said they preferred the shortest possible repayment schedule . |
15 | Dinner was exquisite , even though they ate it in the somewhat strained silence of two people who had discovered they had absolutely nothing to say to each other . |
16 | They visited the people who had given him presents so that he could thank them personally . |
17 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we saw in the town meetings , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them together saying we want our future back . |
18 | ‘ You can trust us to wake up every day remembering the people we saw in the bus trips , the people we touched at the rallies , the people who had never voted before , the people who had n't voted in 20 years , the people who 'd never voted for a Democrat , the people who had given up hope , all of them saying we want our future back . ’ |
19 | It seemed that NoS was going to be the first to tap the huge reservoir of people who had given up on the papers altogether . |
20 | Well all these people , we would always let them ha when we killed one we would share it out amongst the people who had given them , like er , I do n't say every time but occasionally we would do that and we 'd let them have a piece of pork you see , which we could legally do see . |
21 | A very nice letter it was too , but just one of many from people who had seen me on television . |
22 | In a country where gestures are important , the official playing of the anthem at Ellis Park was insensitive to many people who had seen the very acceptance of the tours as a major compromise . |
23 | One because the nation was sort of a people who had seen themselves homeless from these start and God had given them a home so they took special care of sojourners and aliens , and secondly , I think , because they had an enlightened attitude towards debt . |
24 | It demanded the release of political prisoners , an amnesty for exiles , extension of the registration period to three months , and the issuing of identity cards to the estimated 3,500,000 people who had turned 18 since the previous election in 1988 , and who would not otherwise be able to register . |
25 | The same people who had turned a blind eye as they passed Clary in their snooty fashion , would regard this esteemed gentleman with admiration , perceiving Clarence , as a high-class citizen of Chichester . |
26 | The people who had saved my life were my close relations ! |
27 | The family I now had , the people who had saved me from starvation , I could now help them ! |
28 | Schweinfurt people who had suffered from the bombing avoided the speech , saying they ‘ did n't want to know any more of the war ’ and that ‘ the Führer is mentally disturbed and megalomaniac ’ . |
29 | Organizations operating in the north of the country spoke of recruiting seasonal workers from amongst people who had contacted them looking for permanent positions . |
30 | ‘ Many people who had planned to take part last year are not currently available but we 've overcome all the problems . ’ |