Example sentences of "[coord] [art] few thousand [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few hundred or a few thousand farmers might oppose a return to downland because it would mean lower profits . |
| 2 | By 1928 the Kaszubes numbered around 110,000 , and they and the few thousand speakers of Leban dialect were the last survivors of the original Slav settlers of Pomerania . |
| 3 | Staggering And , after earning at the staggering rate of nearly $60 a second throughout this tournament , he said : ‘ I would rather win Wimbledon again and a few thousand pounds than this tournament and all this money . ’ |
| 4 | One interesting side effect of the fire in Ankh-Morpork concerns the inn-sewer-ants policy , which left the city through the ravaged roof of the Broken Drum , was wafted high into the discworld 's atmosphere on the ensuing thermal , and came to earth several days and a few thousand miles away on an uloruaha bush in the beTrobi islands . |
| 5 | The chevauchèe may have been seen as a challenge to the enemy 's pride and ability to defend his territory , but it is doubtful whether the leader of a chevauchèe , often at the head of but a few thousand men , and needing to make the expedition profitable through the taking of booty and prisoners , was seeking battle . |