Example sentences of "or so [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ritual was practised until the last decade or so but has apparently now ceased , which is perhaps in the best interests of the dolphins . |
| 2 | Harsh words and animosity persisted for a year or so but by 1851 there was a thaw in relations between the London school and the Royal College . |
| 3 | It is tempting to lop off a discreet year or so but be careful with other dates ; will they believe you took your degree at 15 ? |
| 4 | The wild fish grows to 20cm or so but the aquarium-kept specimen is unlikely to reach 15cm . |
| 5 | My initial instinct is to move a couple of hundred yards or so but some of my most memorable catches have occurred when I have moved only a couple of swims further down the drain . |
| 6 | Books by , and about , lesbians have been in comparative abundance in the last 5 years or so but it 's debatable whether this literary output has served as insular affirmations or taken lesbian sexuality a little further down the road of acceptance . |
| 7 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
| 8 | Er right okay well I 'll tell you what , I think erm people are coming to see me until about two or three or so but erm if you come a bit after three you 'll probably catch me on my own |
| 9 | The hostel could be tolerated for a month or so and during the interlude I would concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere more permanent to live . |
| 10 | He would stay for just an hour or so and then gather up the equipment and disappear . |
| 11 | Dig down — use a stick , not your hand — for a foot or so and drop in a piece of paper . |
| 12 | He would ring her up every couple of months or so and invite her to the opera , or to dinner and no one paid any attention to this . |
| 13 | Most of these were ‘ coppiced ’ — cut to the ground every 20 years or so and then allowed to regenerate . |
| 14 | A house of this size could take two men six months to thatch , and it might - need to be re-ridged every five years or so and re-thatched every twenty to thirty years . |
| 15 | We need to hurry but it 'll take an hour or so and I do n't want the papers on to it before the next of kin know . |
| 16 | It is best to start with a very short drive , just a mile or so and back home . |
| 17 | The selection of the correct key added on another minute or so and Sandison could only look on feeling helpless and frustrated . |
| 18 | In fact I have made one very important friend in the past week or so and it 's ironic that your last letter is responsible for this friendship ! |
| 19 | Nails took his usual Ford Escort that night from the parking lot outside the gasworks where the night shift was working , the one he had a key for , and he and Gary went for a drive round the back streets where they would n't meet a patrol car , out into the country for ten miles or so and back again . |
| 20 | If you wish to increase your writing speed , begin with sessions of two minutes or so and build up gradually . |
| 21 | In this case if our 50-year-old reduced his weight by a stone or so and maintained it indefinitely it may well be enough to control the diabetes . |
| 22 | He was never at the hotel after a month or so and that 's why it failed . |
| 23 | So they 've not been regular attenders since the age of fourteen or so and their dad and me have always been very tolerant . |
| 24 | For the hazard he now claims to recognise is essentially that which several of us have been patiently trying to explain to psychiatrists and others for the past twelve years or so and one which is now officially acknowledged in several overseas countries . |
| 25 | I am not due home for another year or so and I hope that by then a little more of the Peruvian culture and faith will have rubbed off on me . |
| 26 | Lydia had been with them now for ten years or so and still persisted in calling her ‘ missus ’ . |
| 27 | Your August issue was the first of your magazines I have read in three years or so and what an improvement ! |
| 28 | Apart from the youngest , all my sisters left school at sixteen or so and got married shortly afterwards , whereas I went on to university . |
| 29 | I paced the house for an hour or so and then got on to the council office . |
| 30 | ‘ C ’ sajica reaches 4″ or so and is probably the largest species you could keep successfully in that tank and then if you have just a pair of them and nothing else . |