Example sentences of "[subord] [n mass] are [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The figures we found are not significantly different to those anywhere else where people are looking for the problem . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If people are chatting before the formal start of the meeting , then get involved in conversation — it will warm you up . |
| 4 | But basically if people are relying on the print in that policy |
| 5 | Ah , but is this only because people are suffering at the other end ? |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Well , well as people are talking in the house cos I 'm getting behind with the tapes . |
| 8 | 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 … |