Example sentences of "[n mass] [was/were] [verb] [conj] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO young people were killed and two others left badly hurt after a series of road accidents . |
| 2 | According to journalists who witnessed the incident , up to eight people were killed and 20 others seriously injured . |
| 3 | Two men , aged 25 and 21 , died and four people were injured when two cars collided near Knutsford , Cheshire , late on Saturday . |
| 4 | Twenty-four people were arrested and two people wounded . |
| 5 | Three other people were arrested and three weapons seized in the operation near Loughgall in County Armagh . |
| 6 | Nine people were wounded when two bombs exploded after hours at the Banco Popular in central Lima , and another bomb was deactivated at the home of a well-known television journalist , police said yesterday . |
| 7 | The pair were shot when three gunmen hijacked their car , even though they did not resist . |