Example sentences of "dozen [conj] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the dozen or so per week when the band is in the studio , there will be up to 100 per week as they go on the road . |
| 2 | The organisation wants to increase its investments at the rate of a dozen or so per year . |
| 3 | Now about a dozen or so of those are to go ahead with funds of up to Ecu250,000 a year for three years . |
| 4 | When you first purchase the machine , only the first dozen or so of these palettes will actually be programmed . |
| 5 | I still do half a dozen or so of these scarlet cross-overs a year , to this day . |
| 6 | ‘ In countries like Australia and New Zealand the leading players play in the region of 25 rep games a season , perhaps a dozen or so of which will be full internationals . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you what else you can do ; you can make half a dozen or so of those currant buns of yours and take them with you on Saturday as a kind of present for the lady . ’ |
| 8 | Only a dozen or so of the creeps in the black nighties , but they 've got heavy weapons . |
| 9 | ‘ And dangerous , ’ said Caspar , with a backwards glance to where Goibniu was standing before the fire in thy characteristic pose , thumbs in belt , surrounded by half a dozen or so of the others . |
| 10 | After a dozen or so of these , those of us used to more direct forms of speech are tempted to interpret them as self-parody . |
| 11 | And in the course of each evening numbers rose from a dozen or so to a hundred , and then diminished as people wandered away to supper . |
| 12 | I collect a dozen or so from the dewy grass in the early morning and set off for a few hours ' chubbing , knowing I am going to catch several fish , providing , of course , the weather and water conditions are favourable . |
| 13 | He will head a start-up team of seven staff which is expected to grow to a dozen or more over the next six to nine months . |
| 14 | He will head a start-up team of seven staff which is expected to grow to a dozen or more over the next six to nine months . |