Example sentences of "[noun] [n mass] [was/were] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Enemy aircraft were strafing the column and the road was congested with refugees .
2 For the first 30 minutes after meal completion data were sampled every minute , followed by 3 minute frames for the remainder of the study .
3 On Community Programme people were paid a wage , on Community Action they will be paid benefit plus an allowance .
4 AMV identified the fact that not enough business people were reading the magazine .
5 The company 's policy with regard to the Orpington staff was to relocate the homes of entitled categories and discourage people from commuting .
6 INROADS STAFF were given the opportunity to star in a video recently alongside rugby internationalist Gavin Hastings and Steve Hamilton from Wheel of Fortune .
7 His parents then called from the USA and were given the false impression that British Consul staff were co-ordinating the search , when they actually had no regular contact with the Spanish authorities involved .
8 There was to be a very full programme of lectures on the Saturday , and a formal dinner , so no doubt people were getting a good night 's sleep in readiness .
9 By 1880 , H.B. Savory was running the mill although , well into the 20th century , the company retained the name of Savory and Sons .
10 Jack Adams , the unions ' chief negotiator , said they would be seeking to ensure production staff were paid the same as those doing similar jobs at Jaguar — in which Ford recently took a stake — who were earning up to £34 a week more .
11 A 45-kg bomb planted in a van exploded at 9.25 p.m. outside a commercial building in which office staff were celebrating the Conservative Party election victory [ see this page ] .
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