Thousands of people were milling around in the square.

Thousands of people gathered there.

Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.

Thousands of foreigners visit Japan every year.

Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency food does not arrive there within a few days.

Pocket calculators are as cheap to buy as a pair of socks, and as essential to thousands of British school children as a pencil and eraser.

Thousands of people died during the plague.

The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.