Example sentences of "[n mass] have [adv] done " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this first stage , it is essential not to go too fast , but by now most people have already done so ; they have already jumbled the cube and thereby discovered the basic mathematical problem : how do you get back to where you started ? |
| 2 | Some people have already done it by the looks of things , only they have n't changed it . |
| 3 | Quite frankly My Lords , if there are forty-one constabularies throughout the c country e excluding the Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police , any for instance fifty people were a applied and they may well apply because plenty of people have already done so , you would be talking about a list of some two thousand people it 's quite impossible to think that my Honourable Friend would know all these two thousand people therefore carefully select party hats who might themselves not actually have applied anyhow . |
| 4 | Few people have actually done experiments on listeners ' perception of attitudes through intonation . |
| 5 | Erm let's see , usually what happens is there 's an exam board in June after people have hopefully done all their coursework and , and done their exams and then we decide what to do with the people er you know who 've failed something or there 's stuff missing |
| 6 | People have never done that before . |
| 7 | There 's no way we 're going to send people out er to sell advertising er particularly as the majority of people have never done that before . |
| 8 | Those who ultimately fail to get out of Hong Kong will do what Hong Kong people have always done . |
| 9 | These people have always Done Things in previous lives , perhaps to make up for their rather undistinguished efforts while being alive and in their own bodies . |