Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ] . |