Example sentences of "hundreds [prep] [noun pl] [v-ing] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 As the air catches the membranes , the fish is lifted above the waves and it glides for hundreds of metres leaving its pursuers baffled .
2 Shown below is an orderly queue of some of the hundreds of instructors awaiting their turn to take the wheel of Ford 's Fiesta .
3 It 'll be essential reading for hundreds of parents pinning their hopes on Peto .
4 There were always hundreds of students asking their foreign teachers for this ‘ favour ’ to get them over the first hurdle of the going abroad process .
5 Merrill Lynch , the largest US broking firm , is planning a restructuring which could mean hundreds of redundancies affecting its overseas offices as well as its domestic base .
6 Among the collection are hundreds of photographs documenting her career …
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