Example sentences of "[num] thousand [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sixty-four thousand people applied to get on the last series and most of the letters were written in crayon because they 're not allowed to use sharp instruments . |
| 2 | By the time we reached the encore , a stunning ‘ I Know It 's Over ’ , 12 thousand people had been smacked into moronic submission . |
| 3 | FORTY thousand families hit by the jobs crisis have a Cabinet Minister for their MP . |
| 4 | It 'll cost a hundred and forty thousand pounds to build but some locals say it 's the wrong bridge in the wrong place |
| 5 | Last year , this union held a ballot and a hundred and forty thousand members took part in that ballot for the leader of the Labour Party and they made it absolutely clear to the executive that as far as they were concerned they wanted a part and a say in who was the leader of the Labour Party , and they di decided dem democratically . |
| 6 | Thirteen thousand meals take some cooking . |
| 7 | officials lent him thirteen thousand pounds to enable him to move south and buy this house . |
| 8 | officials lent him thirteen thousand pounds to enable him to move south and buy this house . |
| 9 | Over at Cheltenham racecourse yesterday history was made as the runners and riders came to post for the first-ever Sunday National Hunt meeting … around thirteen thousand people turned out to watch … and racing hopes , of course , that steeplechasing on Sunday will become a firm fixture … |
| 10 | In nineteen ninety one , of those six thousand employers found to be underpaying , just seventeen were prosecuted . |
| 11 | By 1851 the family owned forty thousand acres of land , grazing ten thousand sheep and six thousand lambs.John built the family home , Devon house or " Chapple mansions " , a two-storey brick house in 1864 . |
| 12 | In 1975 there were over six thousand cultivars listed in the National Apple Register in Britain . |
| 13 | Erm , and we have got six thousand pounds to spend . |
| 14 | Omri , a king of Israel in the ninth century , for six thousand shekels acquired the entire site for his new capital city of Samaria ( 1 Kings 16.24 ) . |
| 15 | Six thousand visitors made their way to the Business Design Centre in Islington , London to see the exhibits , which ranged from tableware to floorcoverings , fashion to fabrics . |
| 16 | Six thousand volunteers aged from 50 to 80 years , and 9000 respondents from the University of the Third Age will complete questionnaires probing their confidence in coping with a variety of traffic hazards , and their estimates of their sensory competence . |
| 17 | They would fill the tanker from there and we go round the quarry filling the front machines , but erm they say at five or six thousand gallons has been emptied out of that er dump . |
| 18 | Can I have six thousand cherry bakewells please . |
| 19 | Within the crowded streets and lively squares of the city lie a plethora of tiny open-air stalls selling everything from incense to caged pigeons , over six thousand restaurants serving the gamut of cuisine from Korean to French , and an array of gleaming hitech buildings housing progressive computer companies and financial whizzes . |
| 20 | More than thirty six thousand voters backed Douglas Hurd . |
| 21 | More than thirty six thousand voters backed Douglas Hurd . |
| 22 | More than six thousand people attended the three-day Forest Fayre at Hillerslands near Coleford . |
| 23 | Twenty six thousand people died from flu last year ; as well as the elderly , others with diseases like diabetes or those with breathing problems are also at risk . |
| 24 | By 1836 five to six thousand people packed into St. Leonard 's Street for a ‘ stop run ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ And six thousand people have come out to the meetings . ’ |
| 26 | Six thousand people marched in a plea for peace in Ulster following the Shankhill Road bombing which killed ten people . |
| 27 | This week the County Ground in Swindon has been open all hours … thirty six thousand tickets have been sold … goodness knows how many scarves and souvenirs … |
| 28 | Balance sheet , quote for three thousand pounds to strip the existing roof covering , and basically well , they 're putting on a new roof . |
| 29 | with three thousand pounds to spend on new books for Broadmoor library . |
| 30 | Mark , there was a man who won three thousand pounds answering questions on Shakespeare . |