Example sentences of "[prep] a hundred [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A plant that may only flower once in a hundred years but grows at up to seven inches a day is catching on with gardeners . |
| 32 | One can look back in eighty seven when we had that terrible storm and they said well once in a hundred years and then we had a storm very similar I think it is essential we look |
| 33 | The additional shine will make the nameplate that much easier for your grandchildren to recognise when they see the piece on Antiques Roadshow in a hundred years or so ! |
| 34 | It was one of those typical Arctic mornings , with the sun shining through a veil of sea-mist which limited visibility at sea level to a hundred metres or so . |
| 35 | The East Gate had been built thousands of years before at a place where a long ridge ran down into the valley causing it to narrow to a hundred yards or less . |
| 36 | Lot number twenty eight Lot twenty eight er the white jade bottle there 's the bottle showing a hundred pounds for it , at one hundred pounds at a hundred pounds and ten , twenty one thirty one thirty offered and selling for one hundred and thirty , one forty one forty against you now one forty to my left and selling for one hundred and forty pounds second row , thank you , one forty and the next number is number two one eight , thank you . |
| 37 | Lot number seventy four Lot seventy four , the censer there 's the Ming censer showing Lot number seventy four , a hundred for this , at one hundred pounds at a hundred pounds and ten , one twenty , one thirty , at one hundred and thirty I 'm offered and selling for one thirty , all done ? |
| 38 | Thank you , Lot number seventy six Lot number seventy six Peking er dishes there 's the Peking dishes , there 's seven of them , we 've got one of them showing seven in the for a hundred pounds one hundred pounds at a hundred pounds and ten , at one hundred and ten pounds , any more at one hundred and ten , twenty , thirty one forty in front , one fifty one sixty , seventy yes ? one eighty , thank you one eighty in front , at a hundred and eighty pounds and selling for one hundred and eighty . |
| 39 | Lot number one three four , one three four is the pipe there 's Lot number one three four at eighty pounds , at eighty , eighty five , ninety five at a hundred pounds and ten one ten one twenty , thirty one thirty , forty , fifty one fifty , one sixty offered I 'm offered a |
| 40 | Killion opened fire at a hundred yards and emptied his drum in a series of probing bursts that brought a bloom of flames to the aircraft just as he skimmed over it . |