Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When 20,000 people gathered for an illegal festival at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire last May , they brought misery to thousands living nearby . |
| 2 | On the final evening almost two hundred people gathered for an informal service in which young people 's sergeant major Eva Burrows was one of the leaders . |
| 3 | The Clearing System is designed to help people looking for an alternative place . |
| 4 | Such a financial obstacle would send most people looking for an easier option , but Dreamflight has been helped enormously in recent years by Spar supermarkets who have raised £350,000 . |
| 5 | A further supervisors ' exam , taken after 18 months , enables staff to apply for an assistant kennel manager 's post . |
| 6 | On an empty lot between two Harlem streets , a group of people arrive for an outdoor party to celebrate the new publication of an unnamed author . |