Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adv] [art] hundred [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Although it was begun in the sixteenth-century the building was not actually completed for over a hundred years , the upper floor being added in the seventeenth-century . |
2 | As I was picked from about a hundred applicants I think I did quite well . |
3 | Scotch whisky is produced at over a hundred distilleries , widely scattered , but the greatest concentration of the industry is along the River Spey and its tributaries . |
4 | Do n't you realise it 's taken at least a hundred years for that to grow ? |
5 | ‘ Yes , I 've lived for over a hundred years , ’ replied the little old man proudly . |