Example sentences of "[n mass] have [been] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate . ’ |
| 2 | A few lucky people have been realising a lifetime 's dream — mounting the footplate of the world 's most famous engine . |
| 3 | The lives of countless millions of people have been made a misery through the conflicts arising from prejudice . |
| 4 | The vast majority of obese people have been eating a normal unhealthy diet , and changing is a matter of education and attitude as well as trial and error . |
| 5 | Recently some people have been trying a different approach , seeing if they can change the nature of the atoms such that fusion can occur at a useful rate even at room temperature . |
| 6 | Surely it 's true that everyone who changes his or her life because of crime — from those afraid to go out at night to those afraid to go into the parks they pay for — surely these people have been denied a basic civil right . |
| 7 | I 'm concerned for the people who are waiting for housing , I 'm concerned about young people who are living in i i in ten er , on the tenth floor of high rise flats , these people have been waiting a very very long time and each time er , the er these they are , the properties are er , de-counted they are going further and further behind . |
| 8 | Several hundred people have been attending a nightly candle-lit vigil , and there has been one other small protest . |
| 9 | Staff have been given a table on which to record assessed needs . |
| 10 | You will be aware that Nancy Brown and Reception staff have been considering a staggered approach to Reception staff hours especially given the computerised directory system currently being introduced . |