Example sentences of "after a hundred [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a hundred lines of the coarsest prose the final juxtaposition shows a gap of ethos as wide as that between Troilus and Pandarus , but more threatening : Her intended customer is the nobleman Lysimachus , and to begin with Marina speaks a docile prose with the bawds ( IV.vi.51ff. ) , continuing with aggressive word-play in order to shame Lysimachus into naming the vice he is engaged upon ( 66–91 ) . |
| 2 | After a hundred years of true blue Conservative control , the electors decided they wanted a change . |
| 3 | Wales ’ oldest and deepest mine is at Blaenavon , known as Big Pit , closed as a colliery in 1980 after a hundred years of production . |
| 4 | After a hundred years of ambling forward in happy confusion , the time has surely come for a new broom or brooms to sweep clean . |
| 5 | Then he said I should see whether that was so after a hundred years in a glass coffin . |