Example sentences of "be [adv] [art] few hundred [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | By the time we meet Odd-Knut coming back to find us we are only a few hundred metres from the camp . |
2 | For example , the sedimentary rocks that form the top geological layer in much of southern Britain may be only a few hundred metres thick in a few isolated sites . |
3 | Even if it were only a few hundred pounds , five hundred , six , I would n't be standing here sick with worry … |
4 | During the space of a few hours , a one-metre thickness of ash accumulated in some parts of the town which were only a few hundred metres away from the active vent and many house roofs collapsed under the weight . |
5 | Even if you were only a few hundred miles away instead of a few thousand I could not leave her . |
6 | The whole complex is only a few hundred years old . |
7 | ‘ I can see I do n't need to explain how this parcel of land is only a few hundred yards from the newly designated railway lines . |
8 | The building is only a few hundred yards from Blackfriars head office and many Sainsbury 's staff have become quite attached to the distinctive former cold store . |
9 | Even fewer succeed and the average level of compensation in those cases is just a few hundred pounds . |
10 | She left the Tube at Chalk Farm and walked — it was only a few hundred yards . |
11 | The farmers threatened to sue IBM and one , Jack Briscoe , whose farm was only a few hundred yards from the mine entrance , claimed to have lost 40 animals in the past ten years from toxic lead fallout from the mine 's operations . |
12 | On the following night Dougal and Lorton decided against taking the car ; the distance from Lorton 's house to the Newleys ' was only a few hundred yards . |
13 | He stuck one thumb out when the car was still a few hundred yards away . |