Example sentences of "[adv] [art] few hundred [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Although large-scale protest against the visit had been expected , only a few hundred demonstrators gathered outside the hotel , led by the Rev. Ian Paisley , the Democratic Unionist Party MP . |
2 | He had only a few hundred yards to go as the house he was planning to visit was also in the Vomero but he did not wish to arrive with perspiration on his forehead or dust on his shoes . |
3 | Bishopsgate is locked only a few hundred yards form the Bury Street Office and the explosion blew in a skylight , narrowly missing Jon Staniforth . |
4 | Then , with only a few hundred yards separating them now from their foes , they set off seawards . |
5 | Only a few hundred fires remain and the looting seems to have abated . |