Example sentences of "[prep] only a few hundred [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had run for only a few hundred yards . |
| 2 | Its bases around the Bay were staffed by a total of only a few hundred men . |
| 3 | Blue whales are no longer hunted , but their numbers were depleted to such an extent in the past that present populations ( perhaps of only a few hundred individuals ) may be too small to recover . |
| 4 | Then , with only a few hundred yards separating them now from their foes , they set off seawards . |
| 5 | When the weather is showery , there is always a grave risk of the cloud base lowering to only a few hundred feet , and this can happen within minutes of the rain starting to fall . |