Example sentences of "[n mass] [pron] were [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there was n't a Randall now , only a lot of mildly hostile folk who were blocking the way , making running impossible . |
| 2 | The infantry went to church in their new uniforms for the first time on 9 September , and had the singular honour , a month later , of joining their fellows in the cavalry who were escorting the funeral cortège of the late Earl of Cork ‘ in slow and decorous movement suitable to the solemnity of the occasion ’ . |
| 3 | Although still two years before the Club was constituted , the land had clearly been earmarked for a golf course , and in 1906 ‘ The Syndicate ’ , as the company was known locally , agreed to sell this same 70 acres of land to a nucleus of people who were to form the kernel of the Club 's future bondholders , but who were then merely interested persons . |
| 4 | So it 's a the tests it was a match-guising experiment and the tests er tested sixty four people who were aged the ages were fifty five plus , thirty to forty five and fifteen to twenty . |
| 5 | Er you 've got people who were representing the community that 's as far as law and order is concerned er making decisions . |
| 6 | While no doubt Paul was thinking of the uncomplicated Christian message compared with the sophisticated philosophies of his day , and of the simple slaves and ordinary people who were joining the Christian family , he might have had the Lord 's background in mind as well . |
| 7 | Erm but I intend to er contact them again and say to them , Well you know I 'm still here and should you hit problems or find that you 've just lost one of your erm staff who were providing the kind of services that I do , do n't forget that I 'm still here . |
| 8 | Diana had gathered together a small staff who were learning the ropes as fast as she was . |