Example sentences of "[n mass] are [v-ing] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also oxygenates the water on warm summer nights or in thundery weather at a time when the fish are competing with the plants for oxygen . |
| 2 | A. Our experience shows that many people are looking at the possibilities of working in this area and , therefore , with rules of supply and demand being what they are , a language ability is almost essential . |
| 3 | ‘ The biggest single item people are discussing on the doorsteps is the poll tax . |
| 4 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 5 | People are flocking to the churches and the number of baptisms , confirmations and weddings is breaking all records . |
| 6 | Even when people are sitting in the chairs I think I could push them over , and bigger things too , much bigger things than chairs and tables … |
| 7 | The increased number of sailings and competitive pricing means more people are turning to the ferries for their journeys to Britain . |
| 8 | This collection has been brought together at a time when the Banjara people are gravitating towards the cities relinquishing their nomadic life and abandoning their dynamic textile art . |
| 9 | Companion stuff from the new album — a gloriously lolloping ‘ Step It Up ’ , the pre-packed next single ‘ Ground Level ’ — rubs slick shoulder with pre-acceptance vintage like ‘ Lost In Music ’ , and the show goes on and on until people are dripping off the walls , and the last kind of urban excitement we need is a joke security alert on Charing Cross Road , which means we are all shepherded out of the Marquee 's tradesmen 's entrances like nuisances , sticking to each other and sapped of claustrophobic dancenergy . |
| 10 | What 's good about the debating is that people are talking about the rights and wrongs of bolting as a practice — and that has to be welcomed . |
| 11 | Be patient ; staff are dealing with the calls as fast as they can . |