Example sentences of "[n mass] have [vb pp] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty-three people had vanished from the face of the earth . |
| 2 | Aid workers in Freetown were quoted as estimating that between 3,000 and 5,000 Sierra Leonean civilians and Liberian refugees had been killed by the NPFL since incursions began in March [ see p. 38136 ] , and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva was quoted on May 4 as saying that 10,000 people had fled from the border area . |
| 3 | Over 200,000 people had fled from the Itang refugee camp near Gambela in Ethiopia , on May 26 . |
| 4 | Tuami and his people have escaped from the perceived menace of Neanderthal man , whose humanity they do not recognise . |
| 5 | ‘ In the space of one generation , two hundred million people have moved from the countryside to the cities of Asia , Africa and Latin America ’ ( Hellman 1986 : 216 ) . |
| 6 | But most recently people have moved from the city centres to new houses in the suburbs , or to dormitory towns . |
| 7 | It is nonetheless clear that many valuable initiatives in the care of frail elderly people have arisen from the voluntary sector and few would seriously dispute a model of partnership between voluntary and statutory endeavour . |
| 8 | ‘ These unfortunate people have come from the north , and they do not know the road as we do . ’ |
| 9 | People have died from the resultant pollution , which includes the accumulation of coal dust in the air , drying up of drinking water supplies , and depletion of local fish stocks . |
| 10 | Large numbers of people have benefited from the positive aspects of many of these policies but the casualty list has also been appalling . |
| 11 | As these sales have evolved from the original trading of bric-a-brac and home produce to an open market for all goods , this has proved a lucrative market place for groups trading in illegal software . |
| 12 | Some species have benefited from the change in the downland agricultural scene , and Corn Buntings and Skylarks are now more numerous in these areas than elsewhere in the county and are the most characteristic birds of the downland . |
| 13 | The majority of these new catfish have come from the Amazon , which probably has the most diverse population of fish anywhere in the world . |
| 14 | You will know when a pair has formed from the group as the dominant male will lay claim to an area of the tank and display to any female that is ready to spawn . |