Example sentences of "[subord] hundreds [prep] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second blast hit Cateaton Street , and the massive Arndale Centre shopping complex , dangerously near where hundreds of people had been shepherded to safety in Manchester cathedral . |
| 2 | The upsurge in quarrying takes place against a background of increased poaching and harvesting of forest produce , while hundreds of people who had been moved out of the park in the past are now starting to return . |
| 3 | A horse whinnied and reared ; the troop trotted quickly out of the inn yard towards the high road ; Colberg rode up as hundreds of people — women , children , men — ran out of the woods along the riverbank upstream . |
| 4 | Facing opposition from the City , from English Heritage and all the conservation groups , amenity organizations and civic societies in the country , as well as hundreds of people who work in the City , it was quite a shock when a different Environment Secretary , Nicholas Ridley , agreeing with his inspector , granted permission for demolition and redevelopment . |
| 5 | And as hundreds of people queued to gaze at their remains the Daily Mirror won high-level backing for a plea that decency must take over . |
| 6 | Chris plunged into the group as hundreds of people watched an Army display team in Bolton , Lancs , on Saturday . |
| 7 | Police fired tear-gas as hundreds of people demonstrated in Lhasa , capital of Tibet . |
| 8 | As hundreds of people continued the heartbreaking task of clearing up their flooded properties , Welsh Office Minister of State Sir Wyn Roberts said help would be available . |
| 9 | Animal-breeders , who accuse him of trying to drive them out of business , organised a protest on May 8th , when hundreds of people sent Mr Sims bits of dog-food . |
| 10 | These powers were employed with telling effect on a series of ‘ H-block ’ marches , when hundreds of people were arrested and convicted for taking part in prohibited marches or not observing the 5-day rule . |