Example sentences of "[num] of [noun] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( WESLEY ) Hundreds of soldiers went into battle on Salisbury Plain as part of a dawn combat exercise . |
| 2 | After the Feb. 14 decision on classes , Bulgarian nationalist parents in turn kept their children home , organizing relay hunger-strikes and sit-ins in municipal offices , while hundreds of teachers went on strike in support . |
| 3 | All the way from the shrine down the hillside and through the pine trees , hundreds of flames glowed like the roving eyes of night-prowling animals . |
| 4 | There had been no buying or selling at Seamer for very many years , but in 1987 hundreds of gypsies arrived with the intention of reviving the horse trading which used to take place . |
| 5 | HUNDREDS of motorists drove into a gooey mess as heavy rain turned a newly-laid road into a swamp . |
| 6 | Yesterday hundreds of demonstrators marched on Downing Street following the same route as those in the Peasant 's Revolt which forced England 's leaders to drop plans for a similar tax . |
| 7 | Then hundreds of hooves crashed through the ford , spattering water bright into the mist . |
| 8 | Hundreds of gulls circled above Dawlish Warren ; numbers would build up to thousands by dusk . |
| 9 | Hundreds of Trekkies queued for up to three hours to spend what for them was an almost perfect day at the cinema . |
| 10 | In North Shields on Sept. 9-10 , hundreds of youths rioted in Meadow Well after the deaths of two young men who crashed a stolen car while being chased by police ; shops , houses and a community centre were burned down [ see p. 38404 ] . |
| 11 | Hundreds of actresses tried for the part in the film which is currently in pre-production in Hollywood . |
| 12 | Hundreds of people took to the water over the weekend to recreate ancient and strange boat races . |
| 13 | The protesters , also angered by cheap imports from eastern Europe and South America , ransacked sheds owned by a merchant they said dealt in British fish and hundreds of people took to the streets of Concarneau and neighbouring ports to show their support . |
| 14 | Hundreds of people crowded into St Briavels church last night to see the Reverend Patricia Pinkerton installed in her new parish . |
| 15 | Hundreds of people disappeared without trace every year . |
| 16 | On March 18 , hundreds of people marched through the streets of Tottenham , to mark the third anniversary of the false convictions of Winston Silicott , Enghin Raghip and Mark Braithwaite , for the murder of PC Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm Uprising in October 1985 . |
| 17 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours in the cold to see the pop group EMF stage a special concert in their home town . |
| 18 | Hundreds of fans queued for hours to meet the man who became heavyweight champion of the world but in the process developed Parkinson 's Syndrome , a disorder of the nervous system . |
| 19 | Hundreds of workers marched on Westminster earlier this year , fearing that come privatisation , the millions in the BR pension fund would be creamed off by the new rail franchise companies . |
| 20 | Many hundreds of rebels swarmed across the roof of a rose-red plate-district , heading for a tree of administrative towers . |
| 21 | Shildon had been rash to promise tranquillity : hundreds of tourists sat on the steps of the cathedral , hundreds more flowed in and out of the doors . |
| 22 | Hundreds of voices whispered from the walls , the ceiling and the floors . |
| 23 | Hundreds of villagers fled from the area . |
| 24 | In the 1760s Catherine II of Russia had in self-defence to issue decrees ordering her subjects to petition her only through the appropriate officials and not by the direct personal presentation to her of their grievances and requests . |
| 25 | However the village received its name it is almost certain that the present name was being used by the 8th century as we find the Charter for Halling dated A.D. 765–785 when Ecgberht II of Kent granted to St. Andrews of Rochester , ten Sulings at Halling with rights . |
| 26 | King Hassan II of Morocco arrived in Spain on Sept. 25 , 1989 , for his first state visit . |
| 27 | When Robert II of Flanders called at St Thierry with his sister , widow of Cnut IV of Denmark , the abbot Rudolph cleansed the whole building , hung it with rich hangings and tapestries , filled it with carvings , sculptures , and other precious objects , to turn his simple Benedictine house into a suitable environment for the reception of so magnificent a prince . |
| 28 | More than two thirds of people surveyed in Gloucestershire said they were dissatisfied that the offender involved had been cautioned . |
| 29 | When Charles IV of France died in 1328 , the direct male line of the House of Capet came to an end . |
| 30 | As relations between Edward II and Charles IV of France deteriorated in April 1324 , Queen Isabella was urged to use her influence with the French monarch by asking him to ‘ have regard for us and our children who are so close to him , and for the alliances between them , and especially for the alliance made in our own person , which all the world knows was concluded to nourish and sustain peace and love between the two kingdoms , and to prevent wars and disputes ’ . |