Example sentences of "[num] of [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DARLINGTON rally enthusiast Steve Parker had mixed emotions yesterday as he joined hundreds of spectators at Scotch Corner to see classic cars competing in the Monte Carlo Challenge . |
| 2 | They are in millions of US$ at retail prices . |
| 3 | They have no difficulty in imagining , for example , that there are thousands of people at large in Britain who are in the habit of aborting babies specifically for the purpose of eating them and they argue , ingeniously , that the lack of forensic evidence of satanic abuse can itself be read as proof of the existence of Satan . |
| 4 | Last year 's crop of court cases at the Old Bailey reported in national newspapers included : a French master who had a store of pornographic photos of teenage pupils dating back ten years ; a religious education master who simulated sexual intercourse in front of his pupils ( the Old Bailey heard he had done this little party trick dozens of times at different schools ) ; a primary school teacher who was allowed to go on teaching after being found guilty of ‘ lewd , indecent and libidinous practices ’ against ten- and 11-year old boys ; and a music teacher in Sussex who had raped , attempted to rape and indecently assaulted hundreds of girls over many years . |
| 5 | Percy has won dozens of awards at horticultural shows . |