Example sentences of "[noun] [art] [num] [conj] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In skirmishes on the rugged Norwegian mountains made dangerous by an early thaw , these companies screened the Allied operations a hundred or so miles to the north around Narvik .
2 In half an hour a dozen or so cars would drive into the inner courtyard and the morning shift would take over .
3 Helen watched him until he rounded the corner , then walked Nicola the ten or so yards along the street that took them to the entrance to her building .
4 Behind the small veneered wooden counter a dozen or so keys dangled from hooks on a numbered board , together with a few dog-eared official-looking proclamations .
5 Though founded by the Vikings a thousand or so years ago it has , like most East Riding villages , very few really ancient buildings .
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