Example sentences of "[n mass] who [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bear had broken loose amongst the stews ; a whore was being whipped outside the gates of St Thomas 's Hospital ; two butchers who had sold putrid meat were riding back to back on some old nag , their hands tied behind them , the rotten offal they had sold fastened tightly under their noses . |
| 2 | It was certainly not poor people who had lost these coins for each would have represented about a week 's wages . |
| 3 | It even admitted that there were ‘ problems ’ — a slight euphemism , given the tens of thousands of people who had attended mass protests up and down the country — and hinted that the government might be to blame . |
| 4 | Mr Hunt , 56 , said contact with people who had undergone similar surgery was essential . |
| 5 | Almost nine tenths , 88 per cent , of the people who had spent some time in a residential home were said to have had access to a telephone where they could make calls and people could telephone them . |
| 6 | I have interviewed people who had spent 30 years in a big bureaucracy who said that the 6-month development task force was the only thing they were excited by and the only thing they would be remembered for — change was their mark on the organization . |
| 7 | Decades had passed with no contact and yet here were the people who had shared seven years of my adolescence ; seven years climbing the same wall bars , sitting on the same grass , staring at the same view of Box Hill out of the window . |
| 8 | Idealised versions of life in the USA , for example , were often presented to me by young people who had watched many films and television programmes , as well as talking with foreigners . |
| 9 | It was undertaken generally by people who had experienced personal misfortune . |
| 10 | The dreams of people who had had traumatic experiences in the war , and who had developed neurotic symptoms , often contained material about the situation in which they were traumatized . |
| 11 | There were six clairvoyants , four water diviners and nine people who had had direct contact with poltergeists . |
| 12 | The PSOE government at first tried to break the pattern by appointing a ‘ professional ’ businessman to the chairmanship in 1983 , and by purging those who had come to RENFE as a result of their political connections with earlier governments ( see Diario 16 , 4 , 5 February 1983 ) ; about twenty people who had held senior posts in the previous UCD administration were on RENFE 's pay roll when the PSOE came to power ( Cinco Días , 2 November 1983 ) . |
| 13 | She was on her feet , kicking the trunks , then flinging books , papers , jars , all around the attic , shouting abuse at the people who had left this rubbish up here . |
| 14 | This is clearly a literary phenomenon , or rather an example of literacy at work in place of the semi-literacy that might naively be associated with the film industry ; people who had read one book by the author then sought out his earlier book , putting it too on the best-seller list . |
| 15 | Harris , Heston claimed , may appear to be very strong , but he ‘ does seem to be one of those people who seemed to enjoy ill health . |
| 16 | In April the powerful state security apparatus launched a campaign , apparently aimed particularly at southerners , of arresting people who sought to undermine political security . |
| 17 | and then for there 's this thing treating people who 'd ruined this guy 's marriage |
| 18 | But from people who 'd brought that things to talk about . |
| 19 | As for the rest of the staff , I will miss each one of the people who served to get this magazine on its feet . |
| 20 | The Spastics Society was founded in 1952 by a group of committed people who wanted to create greater opportunities for people with cerebral palsy . |
| 21 | THERE ARE SO many people who helped to make this time special that I am sorry not to be able to mention them all by name . |
| 22 | Mr Titcombe welcomed the 150 guests , who included CSD personnel , colleagues from other Divisions , and some retired staff who had played important roles in making these two prestigious awards possible . |
| 23 | Council also thanked those members of staff who had put considerable effort into running the events . |