Example sentences of "a dozen young [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , as they are very difficult to sex — males have slightly longer finnage and slightly larger humping of the forehead — it is best to buy half a dozen young ones and let them pair naturally , usually when they get to 5–6″ , but sometimes as early as 4″ . |
| 2 | At one place there were about a dozen young women having a lunch together . |
| 3 | Within the last fortnight , we have seen the release on parole of one offender after serving just 22 months of a five year sentence for sexual offences against at least a dozen young boys , and the sentencing of another man to life imprisonment after a sexual orgy resulting in the death of a nine year old . |
| 4 | On one occasion a dozen young myrtles had been dispatched , at a shilling apiece , although Miller much regretted he was unable to pack them himself on account of injuring his leg while ‘ a-herborising by water ’ . |
| 5 | They were a motley crew half a dozen young men in shabby clothes , some still wearing khaki tunics and caps and one of them with a placard across his chest saying : Ex-Service — please help . |
| 6 | He murdered at least a dozen young men before burying their bodies in and around his home . |