Example sentences of "[vb past] an army of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He raised an army of men from Wales , Ireland and Cheshire to strike against his uncles and the Duke of Gloucester was killed . |
| 2 | A legendary figure , Liall a Mahajetsu , led an army of warriors for millennia , in distant battles across the cosmos . |
| 3 | Charles led an army of Neustrians over the western Pyrenees , while a further force levied from Austrasia , Lombardy and Burgundy , crossed the eastern Pyrenees . |
| 4 | When the elvers were running , each tide saw an army of hopefuls with their elver nets , scooping the waters from Sharpness to Gloucester and beyond . |
| 5 | They had an army of occupation in some of France 's north eastern departments . |