Example sentences of "[n mass] and [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose there must be some records in a dusty file somewhere of how often the ground crews lost the race against time and had the aircraft and bombs blow up in front of them , but as far as I can recollect this never happened at Bourn , at least not while I was there , and we were thankful to get through each busy night without catastrophes of that kind . |
| 2 | Freight trains often exceed 30 mph and trains pass over viaducts and bridges considerably more than 9 m high — sometimes as high as 42 m . |
| 3 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 4 | It 's according to satist to statistics and studies carried out . |
| 5 | A respectable attempt at comic characterization , its undiminished contrivance ultimately mars the simplicity of It Only Takes a Moment , already performed as a send-up of movie love balladry , with townspeople and extras wandering in for the chorus . ’ |
| 6 | A good picture tells a story , says the old newspaper adage , but unless the recipient is psychic it will at least need the name of people and products filling in . |
| 7 | This figure includes skin divers , bathers and water skiers , people and vehicles cut off by the tide and casualties who had fallen from cliffs or man-made structures . |
| 8 | Everything could be converted tot he market : people and needs parcelled up on to some sort of national supermarket shelves . |
| 9 | If someone had valuables hidden in the hypocaust , he must have been waiting on thorns for the chance to get his hoard away , and baulked all day by staff and visitors wandering around . |
| 10 | Staff and students sat down together to engage in an exercise in creative thought . |
| 11 | BR staff and preservationists pulled out all the stops to have everything right on the day even though they were hampered by high winds and heavy rain . |
| 12 | This August Rivermead staff and patients moved out of the old Victorian wards into new facilities . |
| 13 | One of the region 's biggest hospitals is urging staff and patients to step up security in the face of rising crime . |
| 14 | Carol Wright tips the most promising and popular destinations for the year , and Douglas Schatz selects series and titles to watch out for . |