Example sentences of "[det] [prep] a hundred [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | And they 're each worth a hundred pounds . |
2 | I 'm hearing things now that I have not heard in fifteen years that I 've been on this County Council and I would suggest erm to Mr that when he 's talking about things that this County Council ought to print , and I think the one suggestion he came up with is very sensible , he could perhaps follow up with a catalogue of those things which he considers need doing that after a hundred years have not been done . |
3 | I do think it is scandalous thing neglecting your educational system and you 're going to pay for this for a hundred years , because riches just come by learning , that 's all . |
4 | But I think I 'd actually like to support that idea , I think we ought to er er write back to them and say it 's a splendid idea , erm let's have more of it and and thank you to the local government commission for s er seeing to this after a hundred years . |
5 | Erm but er I learnt to write a fair hand , erm without too many flourishes , which er because I was always told that somebody might be looking at this in a hundred years time , or more . |
6 | While there are a few changes in detail , most British school and college mathematics classrooms do not differ much from those of a hundred years ago . |
7 | At one hundred pounds any more at a hundred pounds ? |
8 | The reason we are reminded of these historical episodes , rather than any of a hundred others , comes clear only with the surprising and congested line that closes the quatrains about the Wars of the Roses : ‘ But oblivion , not thy forgiveness , FRANCE ’ . |