More than 1,000 people were inside for the service, with another 1,500 gathered outside.

Patients had gathered outside without his having put forth any word at all.

The city gates were closed as the initial force of some 2,000 gathered outside.

The coaches gather outside, as they always do, but no one has anything substantive to offer.

More than 1,500 protesters gathered outside, and dozens of police officers were present.

As the crowd gathered outside, a row of officers blocked the door.

A small number of hecklers gathered outside, but the Mayor did not acknowledge them.

Neighbors gathered outside, drawn either by the smoke and the sirens or the reports of the fire on the news.

About 200 spectators were estimated to have gathered outside.

A considerable crowd had gathered outside, and others, hearing the uproar, were coming running to join them.