Example sentences of "a dozen [noun pl] before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably they had n't been on stage more than half a dozen times before they were put under this microscope . |
| 2 | The phone rang half a dozen times before he answered it . |
| 3 | He tapped in the code , then waited , knowing the signal was being scrambled through as many as a dozen sub-routes before it got to its destination . |
| 4 | You might fill half a page or a dozen pages before you come to a standstill . |
| 5 | And , er , you probably retrieve half a dozen files before you find the one that you want . |
| 6 | Is it really true that Watership Down was rejected by over a dozen publishers before it was taken on and became a bestseller ? |
| 7 | ‘ But before my brain got into gear after finding you 'd cleared the wardrobe in the lobby of your belongings and I realised you 'd gone , I went through half a dozen possibilities before I rang Reception . ’ |