Example sentences of "a dozen [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference between having a good time and a bad time is so minimal it 's unbelievable , but this , with three points for a win , situation it makes it so hard to say well we 're a bottom side , we 're a top side , all of a sudden in half a dozen games we could be like a top side . |
| 2 | When you 've botched a job a dozen times you do n't hang around waiting to try one more time , you abandon it . |
| 3 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 4 | Martin seems to be missing by a distance as we joust it round the table , so after half a dozen exchanges I go down with much confidence on a half-ball cut into the bottom left-hand pocket . |
| 5 | If I go to the market to buy a dozen eggs I pay the full price there and then . |
| 6 | ‘ Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember , ’ said Rosalind Russell , ‘ and they 'll leave the theatre happy . ’ |
| 7 | For a dozen years it was a vintage period in all respects . |
| 8 | You 've got a dozen items I want a dozen items |
| 9 | After half a dozen tries I was n't cold any more . |