Example sentences of "[n mass] were [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Budapest Radio said several people were killed at a demonstration in the Transylvanian town of Tirgu Mures yesterday . |
| 2 | A group of people were gathered at a mill two blocks away . |
| 3 | Most of the current generation of older people were born at a time when the motor car was an unusual sight on the streets , aeroplanes were rarely seen in the skies , telephones were rare , radio and television were many years from invention . |
| 4 | The scale can be illustrated by the fact that 30 years ago our young people were maturing at a later stage than now , but in many cases were leaving school at an earlier age and taking up employment — the gap between adolescence and employment was perhaps only 12 months . |
| 5 | Under a block tariff , the initial kWh purchased carried a high price , but if consumption increased the extra blocks of kWh were charged at a significantly lower rate . |
| 6 | Plants grown at temperatures of 5° and 20° were viewed at a distance of 75cm and the readings compared . |