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 .
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