Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [det] hundred [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he did , he would have to abandon the Volvo , always parked a few hundred yards away , and escape on foot . |
| 2 | A group of Czech teenagers allegedly made a few hundred copies of locally-produced computer software packages and sold them for $10 a piece , after advertising them via direct mail-shots . |
| 3 | The Platoon Sergeant loads the necessary extinguishers and fire-fighting equipment into the back of a vehicle and they speed off The accident has occurred a few hundred metres from the Turkish depot in which ammunition is stored for the Force . |
| 4 | He said McPherson had stopped a few hundred yards on , gone to the boot of his car , returned and suggested they go back to Tarbert . |
| 5 | He was in the buying department at Schering , the chemical company based a few hundred yards from the sector border in the district of Wedding . |
| 6 | After spending the evening lambing , he had driven a few hundred yards to the copse from his home nearby at New Manor Farm , Winterslow , Wilts , where he lived with his Australian-born wife , Lavinia , 39 , seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter . |
| 7 | After robbing the van , they made their getaway in the red car , which was abandoned a few hundred yards away . |
| 8 | He described it as the ‘ old ’ fell race but it was started a few hundred years after the feast originated . |
| 9 | But the Sperrbrecher , unidentified before the raid although moored a few hundred yards from the east jetty ( see diagram p. 41 ) was a strong ship . |
| 10 | However , since the grant only purchased a few hundred books , these tended to " disappear once distributed around the shelves . |