Example sentences of "[art] hundred [noun pl] from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men died when the thirty eight ton gantry fell a hundred feet from the underside of the bridge two years ago . |
| 2 | In the garden of his old home , he recorded noise up to a hundred decibels from the motorway . |
| 3 | There was still a good deal to be done : studying the local map , persuading a naval man to lend me his dark blue trousers , and buying a filthy cap for a hundred cigarettes from a Pole working in the washroom . |
| 4 | The Peleus had been sunk at 7.30 p.m. ; Eck therefore had a whole night 's steaming to put himself a hundred miles from the sinking before submerging at dawn . |
| 5 | A flock of seabirds lands in our garden , a hundred miles from the coast , and we call it ‘ curious ’ . |
| 6 | He sighted two supermarket trolleys lying about a hundred yards from the station on the Glasgow and north-bound track . |
| 7 | Less than a hundred yards from the wall they swerved and re-grouped for a charge as the infantry swarmed up behind them . |
| 8 | About a hundred yards from the village we came under automatic fire from somewhere on our left , and continued the rest of the way walking in the ditch . |
| 9 | The only source of water was a horse trough a hundred yards from the building , there was no electric light anywhere , and we dressed in the dark . |
| 10 | A hundred yards from the beach Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott followed the drill and went over the side . |
| 11 | The minibus passed Rose about a hundred yards from the crematorium . |
| 12 | His car was mud-splattered , parked amongst the jeeps and armoured personnel carriers , a hundred yards from the helicopter pad . |
| 13 | The top of Bugmore Lane was only a hundred yards from the Church , so gardeners carefully timed their own comings and goings not to coincide with the comings and goings of the congregation . |
| 14 | K. R. I 've moved on people sleeping rough — perhaps take him a hundred yards from the shop wherever he was — ‘ On your way . |
| 15 | He was on the southern side of the narrow spit of Meer 's Point , no more than a hundred yards from the place where he 'd killed Tom Carey . |
| 16 | Doyle crouched behind a hedge , a hundred yards from the house , in a position where he had a good view of the road in both directions . |
| 17 | As though trying to use up a bit of space , the garage ( for a single car ) was situated a hundred yards from the house , up a separate track . |
| 18 | The accident happened in heavy rain on the A 424 , three miles north of Burford , just a hundred yards from the spot where a couple were killed in December after their car was in a collision with a coach . |
| 19 | The car parked about a hundred yards from the loch and two men , clad in town clothes , got out and ambled over : ‘ Any luck ? ’ they inquired . |
| 20 | One small case and a hundred dollars from the bank in ten-dollar bills , used notes . |
| 21 | The monk subsequently borrows a hundred francs from the merchant , pays it to the wife and enjoys a night in bed with her while the husband is away . |
| 22 | The most telling point against Janette Richardson 's methodical interpretation may well be that no commercial benefits to the merchant can be imputed to his generosity and hospitality towards the monk ; the monk is invited to his house simply " " to pleye … in alle wise " " , " to have fun in every way " ( 59 – 61 ) , and is able to borrow a hundred francs from the merchant even at a time when cash in hand would be particularly useful to him in his business ( 255 – 92 ) : this , significantly , is the immediate context of the merchant 's reflection : Derek Pearsall nicely describes the poignant ambivalence of a single action that is motivated simultaneously by instinctive self-interest and by the " " inner springs " " of human virtue in the Shipman 's merchant 's desire both to be and to be recognized as generous . |