Example sentences of "[n mass] [Wh pn] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ESSENTIALLY a cutesy platform romp , New Zealand Story ( Master System ) tells the tale of a rather dodgy walrus who has kidnapped loads of kiwi chicks and sold them to a zoo in New Zealand . |
| 2 | And he was cleared of murdering Bob who 'd challenged him with a hammer when he found him slashing car tyres . |
| 3 | Two of the men were French and two were Prussian infantry who had left their retreat too late . |
| 4 | There was no fire there , now , no sign of life , nor of the spirit that had once shrieked at the local folk who had emerged from the fortress demesne to loot and honour the dead : Four black-robed women and one man , robed in grey , a greybeard : he had understood the mythology of stone . |
| 5 | She felt grateful to those fairy Brownie folk who had planted the stepping-stones in the river so firmly . |
| 6 | The apostles , the folk who had known Jesus in the old days in Galilee , Stephen , Paul ; all are ‘ witnesses of these things ; and so is the Holy Spirit whom God had given to those who obey him ’ ( Acts 5:32 ) . |
| 7 | It is shepherds and mountain folk who have remained loyal over the centuries to the true royal line . |
| 8 | Clients include titled people and , as well as those from the North Yorkshire , Teesside and Durham area , there are folk who have stayed on their books on moving to other regions , as well as those who remain faithful while overseas . |
| 9 | Like many religious folk who have gone into politics , he seems to be two people , a man whose private persona is bafflingly at odds with his public . |
| 10 | The Gala youngster acknowledges how fortunate he has been in the folk who have advised him along the way . |
| 11 | Elfman used to boast to anyone who would listen that he was able to auto-fellate with the minimum of effort , making him the envy of every young buck who had tried it for himself and only succeeded in collapsing with a racking backache . |
| 12 | They were sheep who had decided that this was no time to waste energy panicking when it could be used for galloping away as fast as possible . |
| 13 | Headquarters who 'd decreed that we would only get work by |
| 14 | For example , in areas of the South Pacific it is not uncommon for parents to have to relinquish a new baby to admiring kin who have claimed it ( Sahlins 1976b ; Silk 1980 ) . |
| 15 | Er , I did go on H R T because of the osteoporosis risk , but I was unlucky I was one of the I think twelve percent who had developed breast trouble and had to come off it . |
| 16 | Therese who had made us very welcome said we were fantastic company and that the weekend was enjoyable . |
| 17 | A bear had broken loose amongst the stews ; a whore was being whipped outside the gates of St Thomas 's Hospital ; two butchers who had sold putrid meat were riding back to back on some old nag , their hands tied behind them , the rotten offal they had sold fastened tightly under their noses . |
| 18 | He might put down until kingdom come the dully literal truth of the way she talked , but when it was written out it was clearly not credible , except maybe as the English of Nkrumah , or of an Eskimo who had studied the language by gramophone record . |
| 19 | Although there were famous instances of resistance to individual officers ' claims , some people who protested suffered reprisals . |
| 20 | Just as there are some people who become engaged within three hours of meeting and live happily ever after , there are others who without any apparent planning enjoy a totally fulfilled retirement , clearly relishing everything it has to offer . |
| 21 | In considering a local representative system it is necessary first to discuss the nature of both the electoral practices and the people who become elected . |
| 22 | " I 'd really like to mail a follow-up letter to all the people who sent bought more than £50 worth within 3 weeks of sending out the last brochure . " |
| 23 | It was people who Labour claimed would benefit from its policies . |
| 24 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 25 | If all the chambers were as long as this , or if they were only used by people who had gone down deep into them , then his search would take months . |
| 26 | She said : ‘ I then realised there were people just like me , and people who had gone through a worse hell than me . ’ |
| 27 | It came to focus on a headhunting approach to find this talent , not necessarily people who had gone to the right schools and universities . |
| 28 | People who had gone overseas had probably made a wise choice and were likely to be doing better than they could have done at home , so the government felt it had done enough for them already . |
| 29 | Everyone was there : the host families , the pianists , Mildred Fender , Susan Tilley , Richard Rodzinski , John Giordano , Dudley Moore , the judges , the people who had thrown the parties , the people who had gone to the parties . |
| 30 | That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan . |