Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large number of people pass by during shopping hours , and the area also attracts pedestrians in the evening . |
| 2 | You could also erm , start to recognize the benefit of the rural sector , and one reason why they were discriminating , L D Cs tended to want to ignore that and sort of shun it , because it 's not sort of a glamorous image they were trying to hope for in the urban sector , and , so , if they did help them , say give them units , like the repair men , units to work in , and they put them in really totally crappy accommodation , and up not where you need it , and not where people pass by with their motors and things , they , they 'd put them somewhere up on a hill , overlooking a city , so erm , to encourage the informal sector by erm , sort of on a par with the formal sector because erm , their inter- reacting , inter-relating now , like they 're providing cheap inputs for the formal industries and , and the formal industries are pro providing clientele all for the informal sector , and so it 's all inter-linked and , and it 's there now . |
| 3 | Despite these problems most people get by and have a life expectancy of about 70 to 80 years . |
| 4 | ‘ I quite enjoy watching all the people go by , ’ says Howard , ‘ and wondering what 's going on inside their heads . ’ |
| 5 | Inside , people wander by in fetish gear , gothic slap , bad drag and movie outfits ( The Terminator , Edward Scissorhands , Batman and Catwoman ) . |
| 6 | People wander by with dogs of both varieties : devil and angelic . |
| 7 | The moon is full and glides above the tree tops , the mist rises from the river and the water fowl glide by like flimsy ghosts . |