Example sentences of "dozen [conj] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The hunters are the half dozen or so experienced adult males in the group . |
2 | These were a dozen or so stoppered glass bottles containing a selection of Wakelate 's most virulent and inventive poisons . |
3 | The village boasted a fleet of a dozen or so small fishing boats , which Ashley had seen setting sail at night and returning with their slippery silver haul in the mornings . |
4 | This has the same view as Philip Swallow 's , but is smaller — indeed , rather too small for all the furniture it contains : a desk , bookcases , filing cabinets , a table and a dozen or so unstacked stacking chairs . |
5 | Noakes was busy hosing down one of the dozen or so grey slate slabs ranged along each wall . |
6 | The same method using netting would make effective protection for a bed of a dozen or more high-yielding strawberry plants . |
7 | Death in old age is usually due to heart disease ; smoking is one of a dozen or more interacting risk factors that accelerate the age-related decay in the heart and arteries . |