Example sentences of "[n mass] [was/were] [verb] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said a 130lb sheat-fish was hauled out of the Dnepr one time . |
| 2 | ‘ If the pound note and the lira were thrown out of the window tomorrow and replaced by the ECU that would be fantastic . ’ |
| 3 | The Benefits Agency spokesman said the figures for budget loans showed that 7,509 people were helped out of the 13,060 applications made . |
| 4 | For crisis loans , helping customers meet expenses in an emergency , 3,315 people were helped out of the 3,508 applications made . |
| 5 | It always seemed that they reappeared around Palm Sunday when people were pouring out of the churches carrying little sprays of olive leaves that looked silvery in the hard sunlight . |
| 6 | She never could have done in Europe what she did in New York ; I can not think of an artist who points up this issue more clearly and I can not understand why she of all people was left out of the show . |