Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] [adv] [art] hundred [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Er approximately eight hundred hectares I think , and I suppose the cynical amongst us might might say what has the allocation of of nearly a hundred hectares of land adjacent to the A one , some of which is in in greenbelt , what has that got anything to do with the er vitality of of Leeds commercial centre or urban regeneration , but we accept that 's a that 's a matter for Leeds , we not objecting to their proposals . |
2 | one hundred and fifty crackers and a tub of at least a hundred blowers ! |
3 | It 'll close with the loss of at least a hundred jobs if it 's taken over by the Suffolk-based brewer Greene King . |
4 | I do not remember whether we enlivened the day with a penny ride on a donkey round the White Stone pond but I regarded these donkeys with the respect and admiration rarely afforded by the keenest jockey for his mount and one of my day-dreams ( only once realised and then somehow a little disappointing ) was to save up three weeks ' pocket money and have a 3d ride in place of a Id one , which took you for at least a hundred yards along the Spaniards Road . |
5 | It was uncrossable for at least a hundred yards , but then my side appeared to slope more easily to its floor . |
6 | ‘ Lee , nobody who has n't known you for at least a hundred years is going to appreciate oblique and esoteric … ’ |
7 | The most exciting part of all , though , came with the discovery that the puppy was the one Farmer Bolsover had lost and that it was a pedigree sheepdog worth at least a hundred pounds . |