Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few people were on the platform , the station staff busied themselves with mail bags and other items of luggage and parcels , at last the guard blew his whistle . |
| 2 | After five minutes or so both Rick and I were properly awake and using his scoop technique ( which incidentally had n't been quite perfected ) my first catfish was on the bank . |
| 3 | Now these tragic people were on the road . |
| 4 | Several people were on the terrace , some gathered in noisy , laughing groups , others , couples mostly , talking in whispers , if at all . |
| 5 | Last month nearly two point seven million people were on the dole . |