Example sentences of "[det] [n mass] have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people have made a god of it . |
| 2 | Some people have mounted a coup d'état . |
| 3 | Nevin said : ‘ Some people have put a question mark over our away form but we have n't always got what we deserved so to beat a side of Leicester 's calibre is very heartening . |
| 4 | All these people have discovered a passion for one of the most popular recreational sports , sailing , and as you can see , you can take it up at any age . |
| 5 | I think there 's also the type very often these people have left a family , a wife and children behind |
| 6 | ‘ These people have to make a living off the land and they have to drink the water that 's under it . |
| 7 | I mean these people have had a pay freeze since November nineteen ninety and these grievances were as a result of a new pay structure last year that actually worsened the terms and conditions since nineteen ninety , but till then we 've been making steady progress in getting better improvements and we 've gone backwards . |
| 8 | Not all fish have adopted a life of speed . |
| 9 | Many people have employed a variety of mouse and rat poisons without stopping to think that the initial effect of such toxins is to slow down the victim which then becomes an easy target for a hunting cat . |
| 10 | Many people have to use a car to travel to work , and at many other times , because there is no practical alternative . |
| 11 | For instance , how many people have watched a woman carrying a load of shopping and a three year old child , or cleaning up after an incontinent elderly relation , and still been able to maintain that some jobs are too heavy and dirty for women ? |
| 12 | Many people have drawn a parallel between Salengro 's death and that of Pierre Bérégovoy , until recently France 's prime minister , who committed suicide on May 1st . |
| 13 | The demand for more aircraft has created a sort of aero-futures market . |
| 14 | By future I mean a couple of seasons from now , the current season although not a write off by any means has lost a lot of meaning the league appears once again to be going to the scum and we 're out of the League cup thingy . |