Example sentences of "people did " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is increasing evidence that the original island peoples did not migrate eastwards from continental Asia , but evolved independently for millennia amongst the isolated atolls of the south Pacific — resulting in a different turn of mind . |
| 2 | She sometimes thought that if they went somewhere hot and beachy as most people did — the Seychelles , the Maldives , the Caribbean — they would spend the whole day swimming or sunbathing . |
| 3 | If all British people did not feel deeply hurt by this ‘ there 's something wrong with you … ’ |
| 4 | But some people did worry , notably those who argued that Britain , having ruled Hong Kong as a benign dictatorship for more than 140 years , should institute a fully democratic government before 1997 . |
| 5 | ‘ It was good for those who were determined to give up — and a couple of people did . |
| 6 | The bands started playing around 11 in the evening and , basically , people did n't go there for the music but to get a sleep if they lived too far out from central London to get home after the tubes had closed down for the night . |
| 7 | Things 'd be much easier if people did n't make it so complicated . |
| 8 | Surprisingly , some cynics might say , 49 people did take up the offer and the details were sent to the club to effect the paperwork . |
| 9 | It was n't that people did not spread false rumours . |
| 10 | ‘ People did n't believe I could go beyond seven or eight rounds without blowing out , ’ said Mason . |
| 11 | ‘ People did n't believe I could go beyond seven or eight rounds without blowing out , ’ said Mason . |
| 12 | Before the fears of the 1997 Chinese takeover began to mount , most people did not bother to change their registered status . |
| 13 | The money sloshing around allowed new wave companies to agglomerate , service the raiders and beneficiaries of Big Bang and create demands which people did n't even know they had . |
| 14 | So , when they 'd finished performing I 've Got My Mojo Working , I pointed out to David that these people did n't really appreciate their music and David , being the sensitive soul that he is , burst into tears . |
| 15 | People did n't have money for taxis so we took limousines . |
| 16 | Looking back , it seems remarkable that only in the 1950s did white people come to accept — grudgingly for the most part — that black people did not need white people in positions of authority to lead and guide them . |
| 17 | He 'd once tried to explain to her that he was n't popular , that people did n't like him , but she would n't have it , so he 'd given up . |
| 18 | People did n't even know most other people 's names let alone their dogs ' . |
| 19 | I do not think he married her particularly for love , but for the sake of his daughters , as people did in those days ; and it might have seemed that she was ideally suited for this , with her quiet , dignified manner , and she having been a housekeeper . |
| 20 | Those kind of people did not drift through their days in a bored and aimless way , as she of ten did . |
| 21 | People did n't get it . ’ |
| 22 | People did acid trips to start thinking about things in a different way : they underwent a set of experiences that question fundamental structures about the nature of reality and the nature of personality . ’ |
| 23 | It was also a lack of knowledge — 98 per cent of the people did n't know what the arguments were really about . |
| 24 | Primitive people did n't have our self-imposed restrictions , you see . |
| 25 | The Armaments Inspectorate at Nuremberg , commenting on the successful concealment of preparation for the invasion , noted that ‘ the concentration of numerous troops in the eastern areas had allowed speculation to arise that significant events were afoot there , but nevertheless probably the overwhelming proportion of the German people did not think of any warlike confrontation with the Soviet Union ’ . |
| 26 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 27 | People did notice and comment , of course , which embarrassed me . |
| 28 | By contrast in Kufra people did acknowledge circumstances in which they might have to unite with their enemies ; in 1978 they did in fact do so . |
| 29 | It was not a uniformly creative search for reality : some people did not listen to news , and others did not interrogate the shortwaves with the sharp skill and interest exhibited so unexpectedly in the tent outside Ajdabiya . |
| 30 | Of course people did discuss public matters in public . |