Example sentences of "[n mass] were [adv] found " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one of the target airfields , eighteen enemy aircraft were later found to have holes all over them . |
| 2 | Another batch of goods which had been bought for £400 and sold for £600 were subsequently found to be faulty . |
| 3 | Mr Ahtisaari said that only 315 people were then found to be unaccounted for , because the mission 's list contained duplications , vague identifications , names of people who have been released and repatriated , names of people never detained and some who have been reported dead . |
| 4 | Sheep were generally found on the more upland areas and were often ‘ herded ’ rather than farmed by full-time farmer/shepherds . |
| 5 | 300 sheep were also found in Gloucester , penned in with broken glass , and without food or water . |