Example sentences of "number of [noun] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day .
2 He asked a number of men to tell me what they had seen and found the night before .
3 Same number of overheads to keep me happy , but you 've got ta write less to keep you happy , there you go .
4 Return I do n't quite unders can somebody tell me what each indiv I mean basically I would have expected to see the money earned divided by the , the number of staff telling me how much
5 A number of staff pressed me to make a second , and longer visit in the future , and this I would certainly like to do .
6 A number of people told me that the film The Exorcist was positive because ( they thought ) it put the fear of the Devil into people .
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