Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disquiet at the new direction of religious affairs soon surfaced in parliament , and over the next few years a growing number of MPs began to speak out against the Arminian threat . |
| 2 | A large number of people had turned out for it . |
| 3 | Other reports were that numbers of people had set out on foot from Tirana for Dürres and Vlore in response to rumours . |
| 4 | ‘ They seemed convinced a whole lot of people had come up from the big city to show off , to be grandees , which was far from the truth . |
| 5 | A lot of people did look out at the station , but they saw nothing strange . |